I’ve seen them called “Stop Lines”, “Balk Line”, etc. The thick line painted on the road at a Stop Sign.
You’re supposed to stop before the line, but a lot of the time there’s a bush or other obstruction so you can’t see any crossing traffic. You have to creep forward until you can see anything.
Is there a reason for this? Is it done on purpose? It makes sense if there’s a crosswalk or something, but I see it a lot where there shouldn’t be any pedestrian activity.
Because the intersections were designed with sightlines which didn’t assume every fucking vehicle would be 7 feet tall. The vehicle height arms race has seriously fucked up road infrastructure, and all because people “like sitting up higher.”