Riding to work on her clunky Vespa, she heard the roar of a motorcycle that pulled alongside her at a stoplight.

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About 20 minutes later, two police officers were in their car at a stoplight in Riverside when Dorner allegedly pulled up beside them.

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Chris Cornell, lead singer for Audioslave and vocalist on the title track for the last James Bond movie, demonstrated his loyalty at a stoplight in North Hollywood last year.

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Later, two officers on routine patrol in neighboring Riverside were ambushed at a stoplight by a motorist who drove up next to them and opened fire with a rifle.

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The incident began about 4:20 a.m. when someone in an SUV -- stopped at a stoplight on Las Vegas Boulevard near Caesars Palace and a number of other casinos -- fired into a Maserati that also had stopped at the light, Las Vegas police said.

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What about waiting for a long stoplight or sitting at a restaurant counter?

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In the interim, a lot of people (including me) will have a lot of fun blowing away gas-powered dinosaurs at the stoplight with their electric cars.

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