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In defense of the GP: he probably did not mean 'travel through an intersection after slowing only slightly, or slowing at all'.

The increase in perceptive capacity between slowing to 2-3 ft/sec. vs coming to a complete stop is negligible (and allows one to stop completely if the situation warrants it).

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Slowing to 2-3 ft/sec. is different from coming to a complete stop because if you stop, you must start again and it takes few seconds (especially if you don't have automatic transmission) and that's the reason you don't do complete stop even if when you should. That few seconds might save your life. That's the reason Stop sign and Right of way sign are two completely different things and you are required to do a full stop at Stop sign.

Exactly. I'm not flying through intersections without even touching my brakes. My point was about following the law to the letter.

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