I stopped at the second / furthest stop sign, and got a good German staredown from the van driver behind me.

by Xyebo

10 comments

  1. Realistically, nobody behind you cares if you’re running a stop sign.

    If the light is on, the first stop sign is irrelevant.

    Edit: zoomed in and it only gives you a heads up for the other stop sign.

  2. According to priority: lights, than signs. If none of them exists: right before left.

  3. Lol, I did a double-take right now, because that is a street near where I live.

  4. Is there a second green light next to the yellow sign?

  5. First stop sign is a heads up that there is a stop sign coming (second stop sign). First light is green, good to go, nothing else matters.

    Second stop sign is not governed by the light in the foreground and (unless there’s a light I don’t see) thus you need to stop at that second stop sign.

  6. The first stop sign is not an actual stop sign because of the white “20m” sign below. The combination just means “Watch out, there is a stop sign in 20m”.

    The second stop sign is effective IMHO and you were right stopping there.

  7. Sems like nobody could come from the right, because of the construction. So there is nobody you need to stop for.

  8. streetsigns had to be read from top to bottom. each has to be read on their own.

    white streetsigns are connected to the upper one.

    The first sign reads: “STOP in 20m”

    The next one with the contructionworker reads: “Attention construciton on the right side”

    Then the last one says: “Stop!” and then “destined direction for trucks” Trucks have to drive the lane and are not allowed to turn. Cars and bikes are allowed to turn right (and probably left)

  9. This is honestly a bit ambiguous, which sometimes happens at construction sites.

    Normally, when there are both traffic light and signs, the signs have no meaning (they are just for the car then the traffic light is off).

    The first stop sign is not the actual stop sign, it’s telling you that there is a stop sign coming in 20 meters.

    The second one… well, one could argue that it’s overridden by the traffic light, as both are for the same crossing. However, then why did they leave so much room between traffic light and the crossing, and why would they have put up the reminder? So I would assume they have some reason why they would want you to stop before continuing. However, it could also just be there for nights, when the traffic light may be off, and they want you to respect the stop sign then (eg, pedestrians may suddenly walk out of the construction site).

    (Edit: maybe all of these are independent of the construction site, the picture was a bit unclear here, but this doesn’t change anything)

  10. The second stop sign is covering a traffic light that seems to be out of service (I’m guessing due to the road work).

    The first stop sign looks as new as the second one so it seems to have been installed due to the changes because of said roadworks.

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