{"id":121030,"date":"2026-06-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ville.ddo.qc.ca\/?p=121030"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:22:45","slug":"american-stops-no-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ville.ddo.qc.ca\/en\/securite\/american-stops-no-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"American stops? No thanks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Quebec, the term \u201cAmerican stop\u201d refers to a rolling stop, where a driver will <strong>slow down<\/strong> at a STOP sign before moving off almost immediately, <strong>without coming to a full and safe stop<\/strong>. This <strong>dangerous habit<\/strong> constitutes an offence under the Highway Safety Code and is subject to a fine with demerit points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In Dollard-des-Ormeaux, motorists are encouraged to make complete stops.<\/strong> It only takes two seconds, but it can make a big difference on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, we can make our streets safer for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Un STOP \u00e0 l&#039;am\u00e9ricaine? Non merci! \/ An American STOP? No thanks!\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MeUzs3-_M5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information on traffic safety in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, visit our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/ville.ddo.qc.ca\/en\/live\/roads-and-infrastructures\/traffic-safety\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/ville.ddo.qc.ca\/en\/live\/roads-and-infrastructures\/traffic-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ville.ddo.qc.ca\/en<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Dollard-des-Ormeaux, motorists are encouraged to make complete stops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":121031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,310,408],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communaute","category-reglements","category-securite"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ville de Dollard-des-Ormeaux<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Dollard-des-Ormeaux, motorists are encouraged to make complete stops.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ville.ddo.qc.ca\/securite\/un-stop-a-lamericaine-non-merci\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"American stops? 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