About

Stop Sign? What Stop Sign? refers to a viral video from a police body cam, recording a traffic stop in Daytona Beach, Florida, in which an older Black man is driving and asks the officer why he was pulled over. Before the cop can respond, the man says, "Stop sign? What stop sign, man?" apparently mishearing what the officer said. The traffic stop occurred in May 2025, and the video was reposted to Instagram, YouTube and TikTok shortly after. It spread as a memetic reference on TikTok primarily, via accuracy reenactments and spamming of the man's catchphrase in comment sections.

Origin

On May 14th, 2025, Instagram^[1] user @onlyindade posted a video of a police body cam footage in Daytona Beach, Florida, of a man being stopped for making an illegal right turn and supposedly being charged with a DUI. In the video, the officer approaches his vehicle as the man asks, "Can you please tell me why you stopping me?" The cop says, "Yeah, I'm about to," and repeats himself multiple times as the man keeps asking, "Huh?" and "What?" Eventually, the man says, "Stop sign? What stop sign, man?" Over four months, the video received over 2.2 million views and 143,100 likes.

Can you please tell me why you stopping me?
Yeah, I'm about to.
Huh?
I'm about to.
What?
I'm about to tell you.
Stop sign?
No.
What stop sign, man?

Spread

The video garnered virality in the following months as it spread online. On May 27th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @0fficalworldstar0 reposted the video, gaining over 239,400 likes in four months.

Similar reposts were shared by YouTuber^[2] Benjiii on May 28th and Redditor TheCommonWren to the /r/tooktoomuch^[3] subreddit on June 2nd, gaining over 45,000 views and 360 upvotes, respectively, over four months.

In July 2025, TikTokers began using a TikTok sound^[5] from user @topdawg856 that centered on the "Stop Sign? What Stop Sign?" audio.

For instance, an early example was shared by TikToker^[6] @cuzzinskeether on July 13th, showing himself lip-dubbing the sound with a POV caption about smoking three gas station pre-rolls. Over two months, the video received over 84,600 likes.

On July 17th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @taleu.e used the audio, showing himself with the caption, "When somebody tries to talk to you when you got headphones on," gaining over 108,900 likes in two months.

On August 4th, TikToker^[9] @projectslatt.ja posted a video of an Accuracy Reenactment of the "Stop Sign?" video with "98.8% accuracy," gaining over 1.8 million likes in a month.

On August 15th, 2025, TikToker^[8] @sossa0blockk posted a video of someone supposedly saying, "Stop sign?" in front of a real cop during a real traffic stop. The video gained over 2 million likes in a month.

By September 11th, 2025, the trend's primary TikTok sound^[5] had amassed over 13,900 posts.

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