You know how roads around malls are structured - when you enter from the main road, usually after 100 feet or so, you dead end into a road that goes around the perimeter of the mall. Typically the people entering have the right of way and the people crossing on the perimeter road have a stop sign, at least according to the signage. This makes sense to avoid traffic backing up on to the main road during busy times, but it is a bit counter-intuitive because most other places where one road dead ends into another road that goes straight through, the people on the road going through have the right of way, I guess because it's more natural to slow down when you always have to turn, and the through road is generally bigger. In practice, this configuration at a mall functions more like a 3 way stop.
I've had my car 3 and a half years. It has a few tiny scratches and dents and I still think it's the prettiest car in the world. Someone nearly gave me a reason to restore it to tip-top shape by barreling through a stop sign in the mall parking lot as described above, but my reactions and breaks are too good to get hit.
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