Similar to those all sides stop sign crossings you have in the US, maybe... but at least here in Germany these don't exist.
Called a "four-way stop" here. And sometimes they put little signed under the STOP sign that say "4 WAY". I think I would find them cute if I wasn't used to them. :)
Actually, I'll find a picture:
(http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/resources/intsafestratbro/images/uf2.jpg)
So what happens in Germany? Is there just always one direction that doesn't have to stop?
I love learning about all the variations of this stuff around the world! :D
Exactly. When one road here has a "stop" (or "yield") sign, the other always has "Vorfahrt" (=priority) signs (see here (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorfahrt)) so you don't have to stop there ever. Either that, or no signs at all, in which case the "Rechts vor links" or Priority to the right (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_to_the_right) rule is used. Or of course traffic lights...
Yeah and the ortography got changed a bit some years ago, so now its Stopp in german, i've already seen STOPP signs here, don't know whether they've changed them all already.
Quote from: mobo on January 10, 2010, 12:21:47 PM
don't know whether they've changed them all already.
No, they haven't... as I don't remember ever seeing one. So there must be plenty "STOP" left... ;)
I'd love to see a side-street (2-way) stop sign that leaves one street like normal and makes traffic on the intersecting street(s) wait if something on the main road is approaching or in the intersection.
I have a 6 stop sign intersection where I live. Instead of 4 Way it says "All Way"
Near where I live the stop sighs have it in both french and English. English on top.