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I traveled in southern France for a bit and it seems to me like it could be a Paris/Quebecois thing because I found a "STOP" (no "ARRÊT" on it anywhere) sign at an intersection in about as rural an area you can get. Granted, sample size is small, but there do seem to be gradients even inside France.

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That's because France like many other countries, but not Canada, signed an international treaty that standardizes road signs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Sign... That makes it a bit easier to drive safely across countries without reading all local languages.

Edit: Huh, apparently "stop" or the equivalent in the local language are allowed by the treaty. Didn't know that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign

> apparently "stop" or the equivalent in the local language are allowed by the tr

Yes, but this is the only octagonal sign in the treaty, I suppose specifically so it's meaning could be inhered without knowing local language

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