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   In article <310kh9ppqq3iv2p0gkb68ffkpraotghcmr@4ax.com>, Don Kirkman   
    wrote:   
   > On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 05:13:20 -0600, Neil Ellwood   
   >  wrote:   
   > >On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:14:32 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   > >> In article , Arif Khokar   
   > >>  wrote:   
   > >>> On 03/04/2014 03:02 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > >>> > The signs are almost certainly there for a reason   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Rather than try to determine what the reason is, you just assert that   
   > >>> it's there for a "reason"  I could put a stop sign up myself at some   
   > >>> arbitrary intersection and you'll still come along and say that stop   
   > >>> sign is there for a reason.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> That doesn't really lend credence to your position.   
   > >>   
   > >> I don't have to "determine what the reason is". I couldn't care less   
   > >> where they put Stop signs, and it doesn't even remotely change the FACT   
   > >> that the law says to stop at one, whether selfish pig-headed morons like   
   > >> it or not.   
   > >>   
   > >> The damn things aren't that cheap, so they don't go around just sticking   
   > >> one wherever they feel like it. There *IS* a reason - if you want to   
   > >> know what it is, then go and ask the people in charge of putting it   
   > >> there.   
   > >   
   > >In the UK there are two differing signs. One is a stop sign that is   
   > >compulsory to stop at and the other is a give way sign where other traffic   
   > >has the right of way but if there is no other traffic there is no need to   
   > >stop.   
   >   
   > In my state, California, Stop signs are red and hexagonal, Yield signs   
   > are yellow and triangular.  I assume most US states have similar   
   > distinctions.   
      
   You'll probably find the Stop sign is octaganal.  :-)   
      
   Most countries have the two types of intersection sigs and the shape   
   (if not the colour) of traffic signs is a semi-agreed international   
   standard. Usually, but not always, speed limit signs are circular,   
   warning signs are trianglular (inverted to Give Way / Yeild signs) or   
   diamond shaped, information signs are rectangular, and main routes have   
   a small shield-like shape.   
      
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