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Originally Posted by tomwed
What would be interesting is to watch an intersection and count the vehicles that come to a complete stop when there is no cross traffic in plane view. In effect treating a stop sign like a yield sign. If there is traffic or another vehicle that wouldn't get counted.
My guess would be that only 10% of all vehicles come to a complete stop even when there is no cross traffic. I'll set up a chart.
.....car cart bike business truck
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3-50]
I'll put a Y if they yield and an S if they stop.
I'll go to the intersection of Hendley and McLin later on. If I change my mind, I'll delete this.
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I just got back from my survey. I only observed 35 vehicles before I left. It didn't take too long but I couldn't count any vehicle that came to a stop because there was cross traffic or another vehicle also crossing. There were many golf carts but they ran into traffic one way or the other.
Mostly men were driving but a few cars have tinted windows so I can't comment on men or women.
Only 1 car stopped and waited a a couple of seconds and the driver was female, below average in height and looked like she could have lived here for a while. There was only 2 golf carts and 1 bike. They yielded. As did the 25 cars and 6 trucks.
I predicted more people stopped at stop signs. There were no close calls and no one was the least bit excited that I could see.