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   <8191a$53123f59$43da7656$9984@nntpswitch.blueworldhosting.com>, Liam   
   O'Connor  wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:19:51 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   > > I don't quite understand what this means. If the Stop sign is in the   
   > > culdesac where it meets a busier road, then of course there should be a   
   > > Stop sign, or a perhaps a Give Way sign for a less busy road. Again   
   > > it's for the safety of both the people leaving the culdesac and the   
   > > users of the other road.   
   >   
   > Take a look at my example in Google Maps (street view).   
   > It's a tiny culdesac (10 houses) connecting to a minor   
   > road. There is no way the traffic from those 10 houses   
   > needs a stop sign on the road it connects to. It's   
   > impossible, from a data standpoint.   
   >   
   > The only (logical) explanation is that the stop sign   
   > is there for some other reason, which, it's clear (to me),   
   > is to inconvenience traffic so that they don't use that   
   > road instead of the expressway a thousand feet away.   
      
   How do you know? Perhaps there have been so many accidents there due to   
   fools speeding down the side road that the Stop signs have becom a   
   nesccessity.   
      
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