and shall carry the word STOP in white letters at least one-third the height of the sign." There's probably a simple answer to this. Red stands out, right? Red won't blend into the foreground.

The manual also specified that every sign should be octagonal, another idea from the 1920s. California was first to figure out that porcelain enamel would resist fading and erect red stop signs ...

There's a sign post up ahead and if the sign on it reads "Stop Here ... or lay out of a particular intersection might result in "unexpected conflict and could warrant a right on red ban.

If there’s one rule of the road we learn long before driver’s ed, it’s this: Red ... out, you may come across them on private property across the country. But sightings of blue stop signs ...

Perspective: The ghostly displays of D.C.’s unsafe streets are growing A measure that would have allowed cyclists to treat red lights as a stop sign was removed from the legislation, although ...

We’re all familiar with the classic red stop sign — from elementary school lessons on shapes and colors to the guidance of crossing guards and, eventually, driving on our own. But while it’s ...