Our common route to anywhere now has a meaningless stop sign. There is a significant road construction project that necessitates a big “Road Closed” barricade to the right at this stop sign, which means there is no reason to stop. But the stop sign is there and I expect it will continue to be there throughout the three months of construction. The spirit of the law tells me it is okay to disregard the sign. The letter of the law tells me a police officer would give me a ticket.