Why did they insist on standing up ten minutes before their stop, thus obliging them to fall over frequently in an alarming and undignified fashion?

It was the ten-minute warning before their next stop.

Park farther than usual from your workplace (or get off the bus or subway before your stop).

Park farther than usual from your workplace (or get off the bus or subway before your stop, and walk the rest of the way).

Most Americans, putting two and two together, would say that the gas tax will be going up before your next stop at the Hess station.

Long before his last stop, he understood and felt the appeal of the Gorge.

Gordon lost the lead at the Pocono 500 when a caution flag came out just before his scheduled stop.

The bus he was supposed to catch had broken down a few kilometres before his stop, and was behind schedule.

Another kid was shot, this one on the subway just before Pers's stop.

By the end of the episode, Jeff King's team makes it to Finger Lake before his first extended stop.