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Title: STOP SIGN VERSUS YIELD SIGN
Accession Number: 00372261
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: 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)
Supplemental Notes: Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Traffic Control Devices. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00379566
Report/Paper Numbers: HS-034 936
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Lum, Harry SStockton, William REditors: Singer-Bart, SusanPagination: pp 29-33
Publication Date: 1982
Serial: ISBN: 030903468X
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
(1)
; References
(7)
; Tables
(6)
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control
Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
Created Date: May 31 1983 12:00AM
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