The STOP line

The STOP line: Do you inch across the STOP line, or creep slowly into main road traffic with your blinker on, in the hope of moving faster? Don’t. Apart from greater chances of a crash, you are actually slowing yourself down.

Traffic Logic: If the vehicle pokes out into the road, the space available for cross traffic to move past is reduced. Vehicles in cross traffic have to move closer to each other. To do this safely, they have to slow down. They will take longer to go past your vehicle than if you waited a little further back, and you will have to wait longer.

Rule: Vehicles are not permitted to cross the STOP line at traffic signals.

Traffic Logic: The STOP line is marked before you reach the zebra crossing. If vehicles cross this, they poke into the space for pedestrians to cross. Pedestrians will have to slow down to go between vehicles. They may not finish crossing the road before the light changes. Vehicles have to wait for them, which can cause traffic jams.