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Re:Amazon bans its drivers from moving their own lips too mu... by WrongAssumption on Thursday September 05, 2024 @02:20AM (#41454072)
The US has yield signs. The yield sign was in fact invented in the US. The first one in the world was installed in Tulsa Oklahoma in the 50s.
Re:Amazon bans its drivers from moving their own lips too mu... by citrin_ru on Thursday September 05, 2024 @03:59AM (#41454562)
Then why they are so rare on the road compare to stop signs? I haven’t seen stats but my impression that in EU/UK there are at least 10x more yield signs than stop signs.
Re:Amazon bans its drivers from moving their own lips too mu... by consteval on Thursday September 05, 2024 @11:25AM (#41457500)
Because the US is obsessed with 3 and 4 way stops whenever they can (as opposed to a roundabout).

It's trivial to make a roundabout have yield signs. Some roads here are like that, where every 4-way intersection of stop signs is now a yield + roundabout. You can theoretically get all the way through without stopping.

But you can't have yields at a 4-way stop. Connecting 2 perpendicular roads at low speed is an incredibly common problem - the US chooses to do it in a stupid way.