Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Cross traffic does not stop

    Now some regular stop signs have an added inscription as in the subject line. I am not in this instance trying to do '80s standup comedy, nor to deliver an old guy "back in the old days" rant. It seems, however, that somebody should have thought all this through a little at some point. The 4-way stop sign was never a terribly good idea, exactly because it isn't quite a stop sign. Since everybody has to stop, it's more like permission to make a rolling stop. (However, I once got ticketed for doing just that, so it isn't REALLY permission to make a rolling stop.)
    They probably should have come up with another sign, something between a yield sign and a stop sign. An orange square saying "All-way stop" or something. (OK, orange is already taken for construction signs; there must be some untaken color, though.) It just seems crazy that they now have to add subtitles to stop signs to convey the message that this REALLY is a stop sign. Maybe that would be a better line than "Cross traffic does not stop." So no, not a rant, and nothing at all important. Just... huh... that's weird.

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