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by kazinator 1572 days ago
Only someone who assumes they have the right-of-way through an intersection when they don't see a sign, and can just blow through without looking if anything is coming.

Even in stop-sign-happy North America there aren't stop signs everywhere there could be stop signs; every licensed driver must know what to do at an uncontrolled intersection.

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> Only someone who assumes they have the right-of-way through an intersection when they don't see a sign

They deserve to live too.

So do people who mistakenly blow through a stop sign or make any other potentially fatal mistake.

I regret to say that I don't see the point of this remark.

As a licensed driver you're required to know what to do when approaching an unguarded intersection where you clearly do not have right-of-way, and not interpret the lack of a stop sign as a green light.

Some countries have a more finely developed concept of right of way than the USA and Canada. They have signs which indicates right-of-way paths through intersections via map-like diagrams. Also, signs which indicate a change in right-of-way status of the current road.

Removing a sign which negates a road's right-of-way status will likely cause an accident.

And if they make a mistake, there could be other people involved in the accident.