Oncoming Traffic Does Not Stop Signs are MUTCD compliant (MUTCD W4-4bP) and uses effective images or messages for traffic and pedestrian safety concerns. An Oncoming Traffic Does Not Stop Sign is a helpful resource to aid in the protection of the health and safety on roads, and is not an alternative for required protective measures for eliminating or reducing hazards.
Compliance
Section 2C.59 CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP Plaque
Option
The CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP (W4-4P) plaque may be used in combination with a STOP sign when engineering judgment indicates that conditions are present that are causing or could cause drivers to misinterpret the intersection as an all-way stop.
Alternative messages such as TRAFFIC FROM LEFT (RIGHT) DOES NOT STOP (W4-4aP) or ONCOMING TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP (W4-4bP) may be used when such messages more accurately describe the traffic controls established at the intersection.
Guidance
Plaques with the appropriate alternative messages of TRAFFIC FROM LEFT (RIGHT) DOES NOT STOP or ONCOMING TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP should be used at intersections where STOP signs control all but one approach to the intersection, unless the only non-stopped approach is from a one-way street.
Standard
If a W4-4P plaque or a plaque with an alternative message is used, it shall be mounted below the STOP sign.
