STOP SIGN VERSUS YIELD SIGN

This paper investigates the relative effectiveness of STOP and YIELD signs at low-volume intersections (less than 500 vehicles/day on minor roadway) in rural and urban environments. Traditional rationales for installing STOP signs, such as inadequate sight distance and high volumes on major roadways, are examined. It is shown that the current use of STOP signs is unrelated to sight distance availability and that STOP signs do not categorically reduce accidents at low-volume intersections. Further, no relation is demonstrated between accidents and major roadway volumes up to 6000 vehicles/day. STOP signs are shown to increase road user costs by more than 7 percent over YIELD signs. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Lum, Harry S
  • Stockton, William R
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 29-33
• Monograph Title: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 881
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Costs; Crash rates; Low volume roads; Measures of effectiveness; Stop signs; Travel budgets; Unsignalized intersections; Yield signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Road user costs
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372261
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030903468X
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-034 936
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1983 12:00AM