Submitted by SpyCats t3_11uwgpr in CambridgeMA
terminal_prognosis t1_jcu4ozr wrote
Reply to comment by tamirabeth in Stop sign coming to Brookline Street at Franklin after numerous accidents by SpyCats
In most countries stop signs are quite rare - like you can go days without seeing one, so kind of, yes.
But I was talking about all-way stops, which are only in N. America, Liberia, and S. Africa, because they are inefficient and unhelpful.
tamirabeth t1_jcu5lrk wrote
I mean...
> for use at low traffic-volume locations, the arrangement is common in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and Liberia, as well as in a number of, usually rural, locations in Australia where visibility on the junction approaches is particularly poor.
is pretty dead on for Cambridge.
And I noticed you missed a couple of countries....
We also don't have many roundabouts, and never will have as many as other countries where they're more common. This doesn't seem like a fair comparison when the roads are completely different in other countries.
terminal_prognosis t1_jcu5x87 wrote
If we're going to quote, how about the disadvantages:
> the Handbook of Road Safety Measures recommends that four-way stops are best used between minor roads away from urbanized areas
and
> Some of the disadvantages associated with all-way stops are: > > * Increased emissions of hydrocarbons.[9]: 431–433 > * Increased average delay.[9]: 430 > * Increased wear on vehicle brakes > * Discouraging bicycling.[10]
tamirabeth t1_jcu6ixj wrote
Wow. So many major disadvantages to prioritizing safety. /s--clearly
CJYP t1_jd0f7hi wrote
I bet the handbook would recommend a traffic signal for this purpose. Might work a bit better than a stop sign.
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