Get real. If I did that, I'd have to stop 4 times on my way out of my sub at "political" stop signs along a downhill thru road at the entrance to several small residential courts. In 25 years of living here and regularly driving my car that way, I have never seen a car coming the other way at any of those signs -- they are there strictly to attempt to slow cars down.

I'm pretty much with rck -- I always obey the signs fully when there is other traffic present, but otherwise if there is nobody in sight, I go on through.

Last year on a big organized ride, a number of cycles were riding through a fairly busy town. I stopped at a four-way along with a number of other cyclists and allowed a car to the right to proceed. Just then, some a-hole cyclist came blasting by our whole group into the intersection, causing the motorist to have to slam his brakes on. Then of course we got the dirty look!