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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.


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.


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.




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