Stop Sign (on Post)
7′ (84 in / 213 cm)
Catalogue Ref. No. BL-001
Specimen
5′7″
“The Baseline”
A reference standard of sixty-seven inches,
preserved for comparative exhibition.
CLASS: REFERENCE
TYPE: BASELINE
67 IN / 170 CM
STATUS: PERMANENT
5′7″
baseline
7′
Stop Sign (on Post)
That's 17 inches taller.
A standard US stop sign sits at 7 feet total height on its post. It has been telling Tom Cruise to stop since long before he started running in movies.
Fun Fact
Stop signs were not always red. They were originally yellow with black letters because there was no red dye that would not fade in sunlight. The fade-resistant red came along in 1954.