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Comment by the_sleaze_

4 days ago

I know it as the "California Roll" - to slow down but continue to cruise through stop signs.

In my own country, where stop signs are relatively rare anyway, this behavior is so common that it doesn't even have a name. I think it's much more unexpected here to see anyone truly stop at a stop sign on an empty street than it is to see them slow down and then continue on. And I would bet police would not bat an eye 99% of the time if they saw someone do it.

That's old fashioned, the current "California roll" is to just continue at full speed through stop signs or red lights.

  • I am more familiar with (and more partial to) a California Roll consisting of 'crab' sticks, avocado, and cucumber, wrapped in seaweed and then rice.