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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <020320141458511730%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name   
    wrote:   
      
   > > The correct way to do this is to commission a traffic and engineering   
   > > study for the location in question.  Regarding the stop sign, a better   
   > > approach regarding getting rid of it is to find out whether such a study   
   > > exists for the intersection in question.  You can request a copy of the   
   > > study from the appropriate department of the local government that has   
   > > jurisdiction.   
   > >   
   > > I'm not sure about the laws in California, but they probably have a law   
   > > that says that all traffic control signage/markings must comply with the   
   > > Federal or state MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) and   
   > > that a study must be on file before putting up new signs.   
   > >   
   > > If there's no study on file, then you could request that stop sign be   
   > > removed.   
   >   
   > You can "request" all you like, but one's person's silly opinion isn't   
   > going to make the slightest bit of difference (unless the Stop sign is   
   > stuck in the middle of their driveway or something). At best you'd need   
   > a petition signed by numerous legitimate people, and even then there's   
   > nothing to say that won't be rejected / ignored as well.   
      
   wrong.   
      
   if it's not in compliance with mutcd, out it goes and any citations   
   issued are dismissed.   
      
   on the other hand, if it is in compliance, then you won't get very far.   
      
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