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In Australia, stop means stop. If it’s safe for you to roll through, there will be a GIVEWAY sign. But if you roll through a STOP you’re an absolute fool who’s
by DecoPerson 9y ago
In Australia, stop means stop. If it’s safe for you to roll through, there will be a GIVEWAY sign. But if you roll through a STOP you’re an absolute fool who’s risking the lives of yourself and others. We don’t have four-way stop signs. We have roundabouts, or give one street priority and the other STOP signs in cross-streets.
I recently passed my California driving test, and I’ve observed that the placement of STOP signs here does not correlate with safety in the same way as Australia and lots of people roll through them.
I think self-driving cars would do a lot better in Australia.
- funkymike 9y agoYou've hit on what I see as the big problem with stop signs in the US - they are inconsistent. Sometimes they are used at intersections where failing to stop is very dangerous, but much more often they are used when a yield sign would be sufficient. It conditions people in their normal driving to think of stop signs as recommendations, not requirements. This would seem to increase the danger of intersections where stopping fully is really necessary since people are more inclined to roll pass the stop sign.