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   From: turnkey@q.com   
      
   On Sunday, March 9, 2014 8:20:32 AM UTC-7, Liam O'Connor wrote:   
   > On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:41:26 -0500, Neil Ellwood wrote:   
      
   > > If you are driving a car at around 30mph where there is stop sign on a   
   > > side road how near are you to first recognise the shape of the sign?   
      
   > I'm not sure where you're going with this query.   
   > I was just explaining "why" the STOP sign is a distinctive   
   > size, height above the ground, and shape.   
   > That, plus the color, applies to the driver who is facing the   
   > STOP sign; but the distinctive shape also means something to   
   > the driver who is seeing the sign from a side or opposing road.   
      
   > I think that's pretty logical, which, for a law, is beauty.   
      
   In the typical right angle intersection, you will be almost _in_ the   
   intersection before you can recognize the shape. Totally useless as far a an   
   aid to driving goes - by the time you can recognize it, it is too late to use   
   the info.   
      
   For the driver on the opposite side of the interestion it is also mostly   
   useless as he has to stop and wait for traffic to clear. All it is good for is   
   to verify that the opposing driver also has a stop sign.   
      
   Harry K   
      
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