The only sign that has a unique shape is the stop sign, which is an octagon. It was done deliberately for the drivers to immediately notice and recognize it. Plus, it is designed similarly across the ...

Tetris Road Sign Shape. Just like color plays a role in the meaning of a sign, shape is important, too. Stop signs are supposed to be the only octagon signs on the road so that you can quickly ...

When the first official stop sign did ... the red octagon we know today. But in 1923, a branch of Mississippi’s highway department suggested a change—what if a sign’s shape could ...

But why is it in the shape of an octagon? ... "So the stop sign. It's what we call it." He says none of his other training areas are this shape. And he admits, it is unique, ...

Editor, I would like to know if stop signs off the main highway, (say in a development), are there for the same purpose as the ones where you enter a main highway? They sure look the same – s… ...

They’re hard to miss, those big red-and-white signs in the shape of a octagon that declare “STOP.” But some Boise-area motorists — including at a main intersection at Bown Crossing — are ...