The request was made by Rick Schnurr, council member, to make the stop a two-way rather than a four-way and following his presentation council members voted to do away with the four-way stop.

"I asked the former mayor, it was before I was on the council, why the council had decided to make the intersection a four-way stop," said Schnurr. "He couldn't remember."

However, as of Oct. 1996, the street intersection had been designated as a four-way stop.

"I called and talked to Doug Bassett, Utah Department of Transportation, and he said a town should have to put in a counter to measure traffic flow before being allowed to install a four-way stop," said Schnurr.

He said Bassett indicated that a four-way stop at an intersection was "overkill."

"Bassett said a stop sign does not slow traffic, the only way to do that is to have a deputy park at the intersection and hand out tickets to those who do not stop or who are speeding," said Schnurr.

Even if a driver did stop at the corner, that individual could have the vehicle up to 20 mph over the speed limit by the next intersection, depending on the vehicle.

"The state traffic engineer recommended making the 100 North 200 East intersection a two-way stop east and west," said Schnurr.