Traffic Signs with Reflective Sheeting

In the US, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices specifies not only the materials to be used on certain types of reflective road signs, but also determines the designs to be used, the shapes of the signs...

Custom Designed Traffic Signs

Private developments are able to customize traffic signs to their own specs as long as it's approved by some money-sucking inspector from the county or state....

How Local Governments Regulate Traffic Signs

Generally, yes. Unless it had a traffic light and now you’re replacing it with signs. Of course, if there’s little traffic at that intersection anyway, it won’t make much actual difference where safety is concerned.

The newer USDOT codes, and I believe most “First World” nations as well, though, require the “diamond grade” reflective materials to be the basis for most intersection signs, so it’s almost like having a traffic light anyway.

Now, if there was no control at an intersection previously (a.k.a. an “unmarked intersection”), then it will be very likely that it is now a 4-way stop or that one direction will consistently have the right of way, and the other direction will be required to stop. Either way, if it is a semi-busy street or road, stop signs should make that intersection safer.

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