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MULTIWAY STOP SIGNS The `ilultiwav Stop" instal latlotn, is useful as a safety measure at Scnmt2 location ?;. It shor.iici rrdirnari.Iy used :-,:niy .ehe. -e t•,he `OIUMEI Of traffic On the inter=E:cti:':; co6dis Is 3i }p O:'•r:r i.F31y eQ,aI . A. traf-fic contro - _ igra 1 is r-,:)<? s,a : 1 .. z:: tort' f V: sri intersection with a heavy voluiiie of -.'affic. ?'1'�• of the Oi tC?r•J1nC) �`:�nc!i tioos ma' :irt ant`, a ''1:.1isiw v DP .:`ista: 1 at ioin (ser_ 25 -4 ? . Where 'tY ":17f 1c signals; are W.3rrai�i� and 1rger.tiy i!=E deCj, the inuitlwav stop is an interim meas.ure that can be iilSi:al Ied quickly to control traffic whi lr- arrangements are being made for the signal installation. An accident problem, as indic l.ed ry five or more reported accidents of a type susceptible of correction by a mul t iway stop installation in a 12 -month period. Such accidents include right- and left-turn call isioins as Wei I a•a right -any le coIIislons. 3. Minimum traffic volumes: (a) The total vehicular volume entering the intersection from all approaches must average at least 500 vehicles per hour for any 8 hours of an average day, and (b? The combined vehicular and pedestrian volume from the minor street or highway must average at least cc ^00 units per hour for the same 8 hours, with an average delay to minor street vehicular traf-ic of at least 30 seconds per vehicle during the maximum hour, but (=) When the 85- percentile approach speed of* the major street traffic exceeds 40 rii ies per hour =, the minimum vtii;cui.ar volume warrant is 70 percent of the above ,-qqu i rements . The ab..:ve warrants may be used in. dct_r:-nining the of .a multi -Jay stop based on' minimum tr-a'fic volurres. "Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" -State Department of Highways and Public Transportation