Homer Watson and Ottawa Three Lane Roundabouts

[danbrotherston]

That said, Yields are going out of favour it seems, except at roundabouts.  I grew up in a 60's era subdivision that has almost exclusively Yield signs. Modern ones have exclusively stop signs instead, and in a few extra non-intuitive spots to boot.

Of course the common usage of a Stop sign is to treat it almost the same as a Yield sign, with only a "rolling stop" ...

Yes, the reason for this is near zero compliance plus speeding essentially makes a yield intersection a kill zone.  The street I grew up on had a yield sign but it was converted into a stop sign. 

Unfortunately, we do a very bad job of managing speeds and indicating priority on residential streets.  In the Netherlands, when I visited I think I saw not more than a handful of stop signs over two weeks of traveling.  There's essentially zero stop or yield signs in neighbourhoods.