The four-way stop signs in place of traffic light signals at the corners of Broadway and Main and Michigan in Main Street in Mt. Pleasant continue to draw comment.

Well, I happen to be a fan of the four-way stop sign system. It seems to me that traffic does move through town a little easier since the experiment began.

What I don’t understand is why the traffic signal lights are still hanging up and very visibly present over the intersections. That just invites confusion. (It sure caught me one day a few months back. I sat waiting for the light to change for some time before realizing it was a take-your-turn situation.)

I suspect this kind of thing leads to a lot if the criticism about the four-way stops.

Here’s a suggestion for the city powers-that-be: If those signal lights can’t be taken down at least put them under wraps to avoid confusion while the four-way stop system is being tested. That would give it a more reasonable test, too.