To be pedantic (and acknowledge something I think you're acknowledging), it's the failure to yield that is the cause of the collision, not the failure to stop.

To be pedantic (and acknowledge something I think you're acknowledging), it's the failure to yield that is the cause of the collision, not the failure to stop. One can yield without stopping, and stop without yielding. This is a pet peeve of mine, as I had a commute through a neighborhood with countless 'useless' stop signs across an arterial, and yet, as I trudged through this morass for a decade, I more than once almost failed to notice a pedestrian because I was so intent on the process of the sign, the stop line, and so on.. and less on being aware of my surroundings. The laser-like focus on the stop line actually reduced my ability to 'see' what I needed to see.