That's not to mention the articles I have written for The Local about the importance of actually stopping at "Stop" signs. I've heard stories about the Gendarmes lying in wait at "Stop" signs in tiny French villages, waiting to snare motorists ignoring the sign. About 8 of them all waiting about 100 metres past the Stop sign, out of view of course. "It would have been a heavier punishment for the person you could have crashed into after not stopping at the stop sign," the gendarme hit back. In fact some 100,000 drivers in France were fined in 2016 for not respecting a Stop sign.

Source: The Local November 19, 2019 10:07 UTC