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Why are there some super-sized stop signs in parts of Vancouver?

Question: Is there a standards size for the stop sign octagon? I am seeing supersized ones going west on 33 from Dunbar? Is it because West side drivers are worser?  older and lacking clear vision?
Is there a catalogue of where various sized stop signs are put?

Answer: Is there some reason you are using so many question marks? Did you know you sound like a Valley girl, but in print? But your question is interesting? So I posed it to the city’s communications department? And this is the answer they gave me?
The Transportation Association of Canada guidelines recommend oversize stop signs where physical characteristics, speeds or collisions are a concern.  The City installed oversize stop signs (36×36 inches) at three intersections on 33rd Avenue, mainly because 33rd is the only stop between King Edward and 41st, a distance of more than one and a half kilometres and motorists may not expect a stop there. The larger signs do have greater impact, and are appropriate at these four-way stop locations. Other intersections with signs of the larger dimensions are: Blenheim, Mackenzie and Larch/Puget.
Thank you for asking. This was enlightening for all of us. I had no idea there were different-sized stop signs.
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  • Bill Lee

    Odd.
    All those addresses are in Dunbar (Kerrisdale for 33rd)
    Just for the West side “[ 33rd], Blenheim, Mackenzie and Larch/Puget” nothing on the great plains of emptiness west of Cambie.
    I suspect that someone’s Mercedes got dinged once and they called their “friends” on council.
    Did they ask their GIS mapping software for places on some criteria [ GIS can answer questions like “long stretches of road without a stop sign or stoplight”] or was it based on intersection crashes from ICBC reports?

  • Guest

    Maybe the “entitled” aren’t accustomed to stopping (for anyone) and need to be told more forcefully.

  • Bill Lee

    Today ICBC announced, for Burnaby:
    “ICBC also will contribute $23,500 towards the upgrading of stop signs at 429 Burnaby locations. The new signs have are highly reflective with a clear-view font.”
    (among $155,000 in traffic, road and intersection and pedestrian improvements to Burnaby)

  • Mr. Tickles

    The yield sign in Richmond at Garden City and Granville is enormous now. Also, lougheed highway often has gigantic signs for speed limits, usually when it goes down to something unreasonable like 50.

  • Bill Lee

    More on Burnaby’s “Gigantism”

    “The City of Burnaby is looking to install 32 large school zone signs at local elementary schools at a cost of $55,000. The estimate includes the manufacturing and installation of the signs, which measure four by eight feet. Photograph By Cornelia Naylor – See more at: http://www.burnabynow.com/news/city-of-burnaby-to-spend-55k-on-school-zone-signs-1.1355118