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Why are there so many stop signs on American streets?
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This might be a stupid answer, but I genuinely think Americans couldn't handle that system. We already have problems with people not stopping properly at stop signs. If we had the "give way" system too many people would just ignore it and cause accidents.
I realize this is super pessimistic, but I think it's true. We have a handful of roundabouts and people always screw them up.
I don't think Americans are inherently dumber or anything, I just think our licensing exam is laughably easy. You literally just parallel park, then drive in a square where you encounter one traffic light, and one stop sign. Exam was over in 5 minutes. Here's your license.
Well Yield signs are hot spots for accidents so Yeah Americans probably would not deal with them that well
I lived near a US roundabout for 10 years, and screeching tires were an almost daily occurrence. But, the few accidents that occur in roundabouts seem to be minor because of the low speeds and gentle angles involves.
Licensing is very different state to state apparently. My final driving test involved driving for an hour, and the parking section was more than just parallel parking (tho I feel like if you can parallel park you can do pretty much any type of parking).
Things have changed a lot in my state since I got my license. When my kids were getting their licenses, PA had changed to requiring 65 hours driving in multiple different conditions before you could take the test.
Unfortunately, it's essentially on the honor system. The parent signs a form at the driver license center, and that's it. However, I took my kids out driving and tracked the time. Hitting 65 hours isn't easy, though. It's a lot of driving. With my daughter, she had her learners permit when the pandemic started, and I no longer had time to take her out. We renewed her permit twice, then hired a driving school to finish her training.
When my dad got his license in 1954, he took the written test and passed, then immediately took the driving test and passed, all in one DMV visit. Of course, he had been stealing his dad's car and going on joyrides for years, so he already had experience driving ;-)