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From: brent@bermls.oau.org (Brent Ermlick)
Subject: Re: Canadian French?
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Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 15:12:51 GMT
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John E Koontz (koontz@cam.nist.gov) wrote:
	. . .
: red and white octagonal sign reading "STOP."  And I once saw a black
: on yellow STOP sign in a US highschool parking lot.  I have always
: wondered if it was an advisory stop, instead of an imperative one!
	. . .

No, it was simply an old sign. When I was a (very) young child, the
black on yellow stop signs were the standard type of stop signs. When
new stop signs were put up, they would be of the red and white variety.
I was told that the changeover was because of the greater visibility
and impact of the red and white combination. Signs that were already
in place before the change-over were not automatically changed
because of the cost. 

The one that you saw was probably one of the last remaining old style
signs in the country, but it was still a legal stop sign.

-- 
Brent J. Ermlick		(407)331-6625
             			brent@bermls.oau.org
