10 Facts About Stop sign

Stop sign is a traffic sign designed to notify drivers that they must come to a complete stop and make sure the intersection is safely clear of vehicles and pedestrians before continuing past the sign.

In many countries, the sign is a red octagon with the word STOP, in either English or the national language of that particular country, displayed in white or yellow.

Stop sign noticed that his innovation improved the overall traffic flow through the intersection.

The unique eight-sided shape of the sign allows drivers facing the back of the sign to identify that oncoming drivers have a stop sign and prevent confusion with other traffic signs.

MUTCD's stop sign specifications were altered eight times between 1935 and 1971.

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In 1968, this Stop sign was adopted by the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals as part of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's effort to standardize road travel across borders.

Red octagonal field with white English-language legend is the most common stop sign used around the world, but it is not universal; Japan uses an inverted solid red triangle, for example, and Zimbabwe until 2016 used a disc bearing a black cross.

The stop sign is retroreflective and equipped either with red blinking lights above and below the legend or with a legend that is illuminated by LEDs.

Unlike a normal stop sign, this sign indicates a two-way absolute stop, requiring other vehicles travelling in both directions to remain stopped until the sign is retracted.

Until 2016, each stop sign had to be individually approved by the Secretary of State for Transport.