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Stop signs are fairly common out in rural areas without much traffic in the UK.

The US just has a lot more of that.

We also just have roundabouts all over the place and Americans seem to be allergic to them for whatever reason.

But this is about DC. DC is full of intersections which should be controlled by traffic lights but have either nothing or a stop sign, because that’s cheaper. It’s an example of the generally poor infrastructure, and it makes the pedestrian experience rather annoying.

I think the pedestrian experience of 4-way stops is pretty great - you always get right of way.

Pedestrian experience is probably the one downside of roundabouts.

It didn’t seem great to me when I lived in DC. Having the “right of way” doesn’t mean that cars, eager to grab their turn, will respect it, or even see you. Plus, most of these are not 4-way stop signs. And, DC has plenty of roundabouts as well (streets were laid out in the 18th c. by a French dude). And that’s even worse, as a driver or a pedestrian, because US drivers have no idea what to do in a traffic circle.

It's a one way road that you are joining. Nothing more complicated than that.

Poor design for pedestrians/drivers is good design for tax payers it seems...

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