On Nov 23, 2012 1:04 PM, "Philip Barnes" <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
> The 'all way stop' is I think unique to North America, it does not exist > in the UK and as far as I know does not exist in Europe. From my > experience of driving in North America, the 'all way stop' is used in > place where in Europe, and particularly the UK a mini-roundabout would > be used in most of these cases. Otherwise a road would be assigned right > of way > Stop signs are much less common in the UK than North America, in most > cases the minor road just has to give way sign, or in the UK just road > markings on minor roads. > > Stop signs are relatively rare in the UK, they are generally only used > where visibility is difficult. In other countries I find myself > thinking, 'why the stop sign, I can see'. North America is starting to see this more, too. There's noticeably greater number of roundabouts and posted all-way yields in recent years. Mini roundabouts are so rare they're not mentioned in the laws anywhere stateside from what I can tell
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