A stop sign always just looked at as a stop sign. People make jokes about when they don't stop at them here in Michigan it is the classic Michigan Stop, each state has one. We actually take these for granted, most people don't like them because they have to stop but can you imagine a world without stop signs. Who would stop how many accidents would occur. Who invented the stop sign? William Phelps Eno invented the stop sign, which was first installed in Detroit, Michigan in the year 1915. In spite of never driving a car he still became the "Father of Traffic Safety." The first stop sign was white with black lettering though, not the traditional red with white lettering that everyone sees today. Being a Michigander this was a pretty interesting fact that it was invented and installed in Michigan. William Phelps Eno was a Yale graduate and he wrote an article devising a set of traffic rules and his proposal was recognized after the first traffic accident in 1895. The stop sign was originally devised to reduce horse and buggy accidents. William Eno founded the Eno Transportation Foundation. It was nonprofit and promoted transportation safety in the air and water and on land. William Phelps Eno developed several other traffic related items. He even helped during world war 1 and 2 he was asked to prepare military traffic codes. I did not know what taking a picture of a stop sign would help me learn another interesting fact about the state I love.
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