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The man who invented the stop sign, Charles Adler Jr., died in a car accident at an intersection that didn't have a stop sign he had recommended be installed there.
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The man who invented the stop sign, Charles Adler Jr., died in a car accident at an intersection that didn't have a stop sign he had recommended be installed there.

The stop sign inventor died at an unsigned intersection. Charles Adler Jr. designed modern octagonal stop signs. Recommended installation at specific dangerous intersection. City council rejected his safety proposal. Died there three months later in collision. His own invention could have saved him.

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