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Four-way stop

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Four´-way` stop
n.1.An intersection of two roads having stop signs at all four entry points. The usual rule for such intersections requires that those entering the intersection yield the right of way to vehicles entering before them.


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Traffic signals and left- and right-turn lanes are expected to be installed this summer at the intersection, where commuters sometimes must wait five minutes to 10 minutes during rush hours to get through the four-way stop signs.
BRIEFLY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
At the four-way stop sign on Grand Avenue, Mary recites the traffic report, vehicle by vehicle:
The Susie Bee Bakery by Huber, K.M. / U.S. Catholic
On the responsive side, for example, she cites the Traffic Division of the Department of Streets, which has erected about 1,000 four-way stop signs (compared to 34 in Kansas City) because the aldermen, responding to parents concerned about the safety of their street-crossing kids, demanded them.
Holding Bureaucrats Accountable: Politicians and Professionals in St. ... by Reed, Leonard / Washington Monthly
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