XPost: misc.legal, ca.driving, ba.transportation   
   From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   On 3/10/2014 5:46 PM, Arif Khokar wrote:   
   > On 03/09/2014 02:57 PM, sms wrote:   
   >   
   >> A lot of stop signs could conceivably be replaced by a flashing   
   >> yellow/flashing red traffic light that only changes to solid red when a   
   >> pedestrian pushes a button to cross.   
   >   
   > A lot of stop signs could just as well be replaced by yield signs.   
   >   
   >> But you're talking tens of   
   >> thousands of dollars versus maybe $1000 for four stop signs and some   
   >> paint.   
   >   
   > Two yield signs for the designated minor road would even be cheaper.   
      
   The Yield signs would not achieve the desired outcome the the Stop signs   
   have achieved.   
      
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