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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Traffic Control => Topic started by: Brian556 on June 24, 2017, 04:40:31 PM

Title: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: Brian556 on June 24, 2017, 04:40:31 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0300676,-98.9184821,3a,20y,226.54h,87.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYMVz57E1Z-YZWadR3MEfgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0300676,-98.9184821,3a,20y,226.54h,87.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYMVz57E1Z-YZWadR3MEfgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: Big John on June 24, 2017, 04:44:42 PM
And the MUTCD minimum size for stop signs is 30"  https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part2/part2b.htm#table2B01
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: cjk374 on June 24, 2017, 05:03:27 PM
It has been MANY years since I have seen stop signs that small.
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: Brian556 on June 24, 2017, 05:09:40 PM
Quote from cjk374:
QuoteIt has been MANY years since I have seen stop signs that small.

I see 18 inch stop signs all the time on bike trails. That's the only legal use for them.
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: intelati49 on July 12, 2017, 02:22:41 PM
A short necro, but man. I would have blown right past that sign if I didn't know it was there...
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: txstateends on July 13, 2017, 06:09:56 AM
I can't get over how amazingly cheap and homemade-looking that assembly is..... much less the microscopic stop sign.
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: Brian556 on July 13, 2017, 04:42:48 PM
Quote from texasstateends:
QuoteI can't get over how amazingly cheap and homemade-looking that assembly is..... much less the microscopic stop sign

That's nothing. when I visited Ranger, TX in the late 90's, they had wood street name signs with the letters stenciled on. Totally non-reflective.
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: Revive 755 on July 13, 2017, 08:03:52 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on June 24, 2017, 04:40:31 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0300676,-98.9184821,3a,20y,226.54h,87.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYMVz57E1Z-YZWadR3MEfgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0300676,-98.9184821,3a,20y,226.54h,87.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYMVz57E1Z-YZWadR3MEfgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

And they are missing the MUTCD required all-way plaque as well.
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: lepidopteran on July 14, 2017, 12:38:11 AM
If a standard STOP sign is 30", how large are those oversized STOP signs you sometimes see at a high-volume intersection "where a traffic signal ought to be, but isn't"?  These signs are big enough that they call for 2 support posts, typically with one on each end, though you might rarely see that on (mostly older) standard-sized STOP signs.
Title: Re: Electra TX Using 18-Inch STOP Signs on Streets
Post by: Big John on July 14, 2017, 11:19:15 AM
Quote from: lepidopteran on July 14, 2017, 12:38:11 AM
If a standard STOP sign is 30", how large are those oversized STOP signs you sometimes see at a high-volume intersection "where a traffic signal ought to be, but isn't"?  These signs are big enough that they call for 2 support posts, typically with one on each end, though you might rarely see that on (mostly older) standard-sized STOP signs.
36" on multi-lane roads or expressways up to 48".  https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part2/part2b.htm
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