cars and rolling stops

[mindstalk]

Yesterday I stood at a busy intersection with 4-way stop signs, and counted. 37 cars. 4 had cross traffic and made a full stop. 2 had cross traffic and did not make a full stop, instead creeping or rolling toward the pedestrian. The rest did not have cross traffic and did not make a full stop. Speeds varied: some were barely crawling, at a few inches per second; others maybe simply took their foot off the gas to slow down a bit.

I walked around further and did less precise counting, but I'm confident that in like 60 drivers, not a single one made an unforced full stop at a stop sign.

I don't entirely blame them, especially the ones who crawl with no cross traffic. But no justification in getting hung up over bicyclists making rolling stops when at least 98% of drivers do as well. (And maybe 1/3 of drivers do even with cross traffic, though I would want a much bigger sample size.)