Drivers tend not to care, since they feel others need to yield to them. National standards have been established to determine when STOP signs should be installed. For safety purposes, when STOP signs are used, they should stop vehicles on the street with less traffic. Four-way STOPs are helpful only when traffic is high and approximately equal on all four approaches. At least 500 cars per hour, for a substantial portion of the day, are needed to make four-way STOPs beneficial.
Most drivers are reasonable and prudent.
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