XPost: misc.legal, ca.driving, ba.transportation   
   From: twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
      
   On 3/12/2014 8:12 PM, Arif Khokar wrote:   
   > On 03/12/2014 11:07 AM, zeno@skoouvelea.net wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:03:29 -0400, Arif Khokar    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> There are two parts to complying with a stop sign.  The first part is to   
   >>> come to a complete stop.  The second part is to yield to other traffic   
   >>> that has the right of way before proceeding through the intersection.   
   >>   
   >> for some circumstances the second part seems to implicate a conundrum   
   >> tantamount to paradox?   
   >> a teaching moment about conceptual limitations of law in potential   
   >> 4-way intersection situations?   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > You just explained why having a 4-way stop intersection is one of the   
   > most stupid and idiotic way to handle traffic at lightly traveled   
   > intersections.  It makes far more sense to designated one road as the   
   > minor one and post yield signs for that road only at the intersection.   
      
   Better than a four-way stop on roads with significant traffic.  Until a   
   couple of years ago, this was a 4-way stop, and even with light (by   
   California standards), traffic on the 4-lane road would back way up   
   during commuting hours.   
      
      
      
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