rolling stop
Barely braking maneuver
A rolling stop is slowing down at a stop sign without coming to a complete halt—the wheels keep turning as the driver checks for traffic and proceeds.
Technically illegal but common practice: He got a ticket for a rolling stop.
Also called a California stop.
- violationBreaking of rules
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- coastingMoving without active effort
- trafficMovement along routes
- half-measureInadequate partial action
right on red · momentum · pause · close call · brake checking · compromise · citation · highway patrol · workaround · infraction · rules of the road · driver's ed · moving violation · traffic ticket · intersection · braking · hesitation · deceleration
- Traffic Policetraffic cop, patrol car, highway patrol, state trooper, trooper
- stopshalt, cease, pause, end, stoppage
- Infractionsjaywalking, littering, loitering, speeding, trespassing
- car troublesflat tire, dead battery, breakdown, overheating, stalling
- speedingspeeding ticket, speed trap, radar trap, speed camera, excessive speed
- traffic hazardsdrunk driver, speeder, tailgater, red light runner, wrong way driver
completeness of stop
rolling stopfull stop
Terminal punctuation mark
complete stop · dead stop · standstill · hard stop · sudden stop
roll, stop, rolls, rolled, roller, rollers, rolling, stops, stopped