"enigma" > wrote in message
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> Blinky the Shark > wrote in
> news >
>> Hey, it this a new thing in signage, or have I just not
>> noticed it?
>>
>> A stop sign with a subsign that says cars on the cross
>> street don't stop.
>>
>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/stop.jpg
>
> i've never seen one of those. where do you live?
>
>> Uh......for what, maybe 80 years now, hasn't STOP meant
>> "STOP", not "STOP LIKE ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS ARE DOING"?
>> 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).
>
> is it possible that the intersection was formerly a 4 way
> stop, but changed recently to improve traffic flow?
> it amazes me how many people don't understand the procedure
> for a 4 way intersection anyway. it's not "I got here first!"

Yes, it is. Do you think you have to wait for someone else to get there,
before you go?

Dave