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rick92647
Thanks for all that but you're missing the point...I was looking straight ahead and if there were a light ahead, another car (as there was), ped x-ing, etc, I would have seen all that and did with respect to another car entereing the intersection. Again, the stop sign was too far to the right (I'd say eight feet from the curb) and unusually high, well beyond my field of vision inside my car. However, if I did cause an accident (as you say inattentive), that's why we have insurance to make people whole again. Not sure what you're saying with reference to initials TBD but traffic school isn't option since I have a CDL. My defense will be improper placement of a stop sign, it is obvious that the placement wasn't part of the original planning but a poorly placed afterthought. In order to see the sign upon approach you'd have to be looking outside the boundries of the road and curb, beyond the sidewalk and into the grass approximately 8' feet from the street--I've seen signs like that mean for bicyclist, and pedestirans. The motorcycle cop was parked curbside ajacent to the intersection monitoring this particular stop and it's now obvious to me he knew its faults for a driver to see (a money-maker for the city). Given the special circumstances while I was there, I had an unfair opportunity to see the sign. I had an rude driver from behind following too closly, a car turning in front from the left, and a stop sign outside the normal field of vision that if you blinked you'd missed. With my story and pictures, I feel I have a very strong case. I'm sure anybody could see the sign without the extra circumstances, but there is no doubt 99% will also say that is an odd placement for a stop sign. Thank you for your thoughts.