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Why are Stop Lines (in the US, at least) often set too far back to see any crossing traffic?
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In UK it is compulsory to stop at the line, and then you start edging forward. So logically it's further back so that instead of wildly driving into a main road you creep into it. The stop line slows traffic all the way down so they're driving out into that road at 10 mph perhaps.
This is also how it is in America, but a lot of people get pissy with you for “stopping” in the sidewalk even in the right turn lane (I assume left for y’all)
I'm the UK the stop lines are not set back 15ft from the intersection. I don't really understand your point, or certainly how it is relevant to the question, which is effectively "why are American stop lines different from British stop lines".