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.
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)