in my country (the netherlands) i have seen people stop at stop signs at times when there is very, very little traffic (04:00 at night).
The point is also much more about creating a habit in which this kind of behaviour is just done, regardless of the state of the traffic on the road.
The law says you must stop for a stop sign, stop signs are placed in places in which sudden traffic participants could enter your field of vision at a time in which it is too late to react properly.
Also, people get fined for ignoring stop signs, even if no one is present.
Driving education in the netherlands is quite strict and so are punishments for drivers.
For instance, the driver of a car is always at fault for an accident with a "weak" traffic participant (foot/bike traffic), even if technically they werent at fault. (there is process to fight this in court if you assume ill intent/fraud is at play, although it is rarely used).
the reasoning being that the driver of a car has had a drivers education and can thus act responsible while driving a hunk of metal down the road at lethal speeds.