STOP SIGN

Updated 04-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about STOP SIGN!

Here’s Why Stop Signs Are Red: I know what you’re thinking. What is this dummy trying to accomplish here? Of course, I know about stop signs. But maybe—maybe!—you didn’t know this: stop signs weren’t always red. We’ve talked about other red things before, and there’s a reason we ended up with red octagons telling you to STOP. I swear it’s interesting. Here’s why stop signs are red.

The Stop Sign Wasn’t Always Red: How a 2-by-2-feet sheet of metal with black lettering on a white background evolved into a red octagonal icon.

Exclusive: BTA will go for “Idaho style” stop sign law – BikePortland.org: The BTA hopes to make it legal to roll through stop signs.(Photos © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA), a Portland-based non-profit with over 5,000 members statewide, has proposed a new law that would make it legal to roll through a stop sign while riding a bicycle in Oregon. In an interview this afternoon, Read More »

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: a stop sign is a traffic sign designed to notify drivers that they must come to a complete stop . the Convention allows for the word “STOP” to be in either English or the national language of the particular country . in the United states, stop signs have a size of 750 mm across opposite flats of the red octagon, with a 20 mm white border . the white uppercase letters in small caps forming in the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals of the UN, the instruction on the sign to stop is specified to be either in English as stop or written in the local language . the sign’s distinctive design was developed and first all-way stops are never used and may even be legally prohibited . in a majority of European and Central Asian countries stop signs are used . at busier crossing streets, Give Way signs may be replaced by (mini) roundabout studies show stop signs do not offer measurable safety benefits over the Yield approach . multiway stop signs can create a variety of problems, including liability issues . unwarranted multiway stops actually increased speed away from intersections multiway stop signs impose high vehicle operating costs, longer than needed travel times . research also found that safety of pedestrians (especially small children) may sometimes be actually decreased . despite initial cost of installing stop signs, enforcement costs one prolific source of crashes is the misconception that every motorist who attempts to enter a main highway from a side road, does so at his or her peril . the through driver must travel no faster than permitted by the assured clear distance ahead . the oncoming vehicle cannot be reliably distinguished between moving or parked . an entering driver must have fair notice that his or her contemplated conduct is stop signs are accompanied by a limit line, which has a setback distance of 15 feet . pricey but safer traffic signals, roundabouts, and traffic circles are alternatively used . traffic flow dictates it is stop sign is retroreflective and equipped either with red blinking lights above and below the stop legend or with a stop legend that is illuminated by LEDs . the sign requires other vehicles travelling in both directions to remain stopped until section 79 of the Highways Act 1980 enables the government to improve visibility at junctions . the former UK practice of using “Halt” or “Slow” at major road Ahead signs was discontinued in 1965 . instead in the united states and canada, these rules are set and enforced at the state or provincial level . there have been identified 3 types of stop, these include the rolling stop, a power stop and lastly the stop stop . partial stop is known as an “idaho stop” or “stop-as-yield” this maneuver is called a rolling stop or nicknamed after a city or region regarded as somewhere it is common the first stop signs had black lettering on a white background and were 24 by 24 inches (61 cm 61 cm), somewhat smaller than the current sign . as stop signs became more widespread, a committee supported by the the first Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways was published in 1935 . from 1924 to 1954, stop signs were made with a black stop legend on a yellow field . the reflective sign, the mounting height reached its current level of 7 ft (2.13 m) in 1971 . the already widespread use of the MUTCD stop sign became law in the united states in 1966 . English-speaking countries, the exception being India, are not party to the Convention . unique types of stop signs may still be observed in countries like Japan . Israel uses the image of a hand in a “stop” gesture in some Caribbean and South American countries, signs bear the legend pare (“stop” in Portuguese and Spanish) older signs containing both words in smaller lettering, with arrêt on top . both stop and arrêt are considered valid French words all newly installed signs thus use either one word or the other, but not both . in practice, the vast majority of signs use “arrêt” in the province of Québec . “stop” is usually seen in predominantly English the use of native languages is commonplace on U.S. native reservations . the only exception is Turkey, while Armenia uses a bilingual sign . all of Europe uses the word STOP in Latin letters; the white text on red Depending on the country, many countries use different variations.