EXPLAINING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNS
The Maryville Daily Forum, December 23, 1964, Page 1. via Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-maryville-daily-forum-stop-signs-exp/196990038/
Maryville Chief of Police David Archer, second from left, explains to Donald Spaulding, driver training instructor at Maryville R-II High School, and his students, Donna Black, Erich Winter, and Jeff Larmer, the meaning of the stop sign (top picture) and the yield-right-of-way sign (bottom picture). Stop signs have been erected on key Maryville streets and at all road intersecting state or federal highways. The chief stated that the signs mean just what they say and that they are an innovation in city traffic control. Many citizens have been confused about the meaning of the signs.
They are placed on mostly newly paved streets and mean that the driver facing the yield sign must allow traffic in the crossing street to pass. The driver need not stop if no traffic is coming. Archer reported many accidents have occurred as a result of people not yielding on South Buchanan, West Seventh, and First Streets.
- Maryville PD released a pamphlet: “Stop means stop. Yield means wave politely and let the other person decide their fate.”
- The police had to explain Stop vs. Yield — turn out one’s mandatory and one’s a friendly suggestion with better timing.
- Maryville officers now offer free roadside tutorials: “Stop sign = pause. Yield sign = life choices.”
- Officer: “Stop is red — like your face if you don’t. Yield is triangular — like my patience.”
- New city slogan: Maryville — where police explain traffic signs like relationship statuses.
- The department’s new motto: “Stop for safety, yield for character.”
- Maryville PD rolled out a class: “Stop signs 101. Yield signs 202: Advanced politeness.”
- When asked the difference, an officer said: “Stop is Netflix buffering. Yield is ‘Are you still watching?’”
- City council voted: Stop signs enforce obedience; yield signs enforce good manners.
- Police chief: “If you can’t tell a Stop from a Yield, at least know both mean ‘don’t be that driver.’”
- The Maryville police set up a booth at the fair. “Come learn Stop vs. Yield — two signs, three emotions, one citation.”
- Officer pulled someone over and asked, “Do you know the difference between Stop and Yield?” Driver: “Yield is when I let you explain it slowly.”