jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> . ..
>>
>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>>
>>> A stop sign with a subsign that says cars on the cross street don't
>>> stop.
>>>
>>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/stop.jpg
>>>
>>> Uh......for what, maybe 80 years now, hasn't STOP meant "STOP", not
>>> "STOP
>>> LIKE ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS ARE DOING"?
>>
>> That's crazy. Maybe they are having problems with people
>> going through that particular stop sign.
>>
>>> The other street not stopping is
>>> the default, innit? Unless, of course a sign *states* "4-WAY" (but of
>>> course then it's not a default situation).
>>
>> Those 4-way stops are a menace. Same with people who
>> don't take their right of way, gesturing people ahead. But
>> that's another matter.
>>
>> nancy
> I was waiting at the end of a small road that leads to/from a restaurant
> a few days ago. The (two lane) cross-street is busy since Hwy 21 is
> just down at the corner stop-light. There were two cars ahead of me,
> waiting their turn. Someone on the cross-street stopped to let us pull
> out from this small road. Okay, that's nice and all but you have the
> right of way. Don't you see those 25 cars lined up behind you who also
> have the right of way?! Don't do that unless you're the only one on the
> road.
>
> Jill
I have no problem with that. It's not going to hurt the other drivers to
wait 10-15 seconds and you could be trapped there for a long long time
if the traffic is really heavy. There is no point in doing it if there
is only one car since you're not delayed by traffic.

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John Kane, Kingston ON Canada