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I remember in Illinois seeing a little sign under the stop sign like "4 way", showing you that it was a 4 way stop. Here's a street view: https://www.google.co

I remember in Illinois seeing a little sign under the stop sign like "4 way", showing you that it was a 4 way stop. Here's a street view: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8659021,-87.6285001,3a,41.2y,188.55h,89.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swlAw-Lnie9Yo_kRIDbhLMw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8659021,-87.6285001,3a,41.2y... I don't really recall these in New York, but I went for a search on Street View, and we seem to do the same thing here: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6700018,-73.9955353,3a,75y,40.29h,77.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqGcz6cRo4U6v1roUd14Kqg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6700018,-73.9955353,3a,75y,4... It seems like that if cross traffic doesn't stop, the stop sign doesn't have a marker. If it does, it gets a tag like "ALL WAY". No idea if this is standardized or an artifact of my sampling, or if it varies between states. (I had to really rack my brain to find a 4 way stop in NYC. Ultimately the satellite view was helpful, they seem to not paint crosswalks if traffic doesn't stop. Seems dangerous! People are going to cross those streets. But I digress.)

joe5150 5y ago
In AZ "4 Way" or "All Way" signs are almost always present when applicable. These "Cross Traffic Does Not Stop" signs [1] are common (but not universal) at other intersections. [1] https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pinalcentral.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/c1/4c1bb317-0b89-5d94-b0a1-48fce5e434e3/5eb08cdf2f600.hires.jpg https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pinalcentral.co...
hatsunearu 5y ago
that sign (along with cross traffic does not stop) exists in CA, but it's not universal enough to rely upon an absence of that sign meaning a 4 way stop.
pklausler 5y ago
The worst variant I know on this idea afflicts several intersections in my daily driving environment (west side of Portland): stop signs with little addenda saying "3-way stop". So one direction doesn't have to stop. And they don't tell you which one it is. Is that car coming from your left going to barrel through, or not? Maybe that's a stop sign over there, maybe not, it's hard to tell from the back. Come on.

joe5150 5y ago

In AZ "4 Way" or "All Way" signs are almost always present when applicable. These "Cross Traffic Does Not Stop" signs [1] are common (but not universal) at other intersections. [1] https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pinalcentral.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/c1/4c1bb317-0b89-5d94-b0a1-48fce5e434e3/5eb08cdf2f600.hires.jpg https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pinalcentral.co...

hatsunearu 5y ago

that sign (along with cross traffic does not stop) exists in CA, but it's not universal enough to rely upon an absence of that sign meaning a 4 way stop.

pklausler 5y ago

The worst variant I know on this idea afflicts several intersections in my daily driving environment (west side of Portland): stop signs with little addenda saying "3-way stop". So one direction doesn't have to stop. And they don't tell you which one it is. Is that car coming from your left going to barrel through, or not? Maybe that's a stop sign over there, maybe not, it's hard to tell from the back. Come on.