Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The intersection of Jason David Street — the street where Pacific Horizons School is located — on the main road through Ottoville is now the nexus of a 4-way stop as evidenced by this truck seen moving forward after stopping at the newly installed sign at the intersection.

In past years, the stop sign to exit Jason David Street was in place, but following requests from Pacific Horizons School as well as nearby residents, the additional stop signs were installed over the weekend, not only for the safety of motorists exiting Jason David Street, but to slow down speeding motorists traveling on the main road through Ottoville.

Tualauta Rep. Larry S. Sanitoa had been working with Public Works and Public Safety to accomplish this project and he express appreciation to the two departments and ASG for their support.

With school back in session for Pacific Horizons, the 4-way stop also assists with the safety of students, on a well-used road, with many of the vehicles speeding up & down the road.

While the stop-signs — which are clearly visible to any driver in a moving vehicle — are new, some motorists either are not aware of them, or are just ignoring them, prompting concerns from nearby residents, who complained about several motorists not abiding by the new stop-signs.

Samoa News observed around 2p.m. yesterday, a handful of police officers — waiting just yards away from the stop-signs on the main road in Ottoville flagging down motorists to pull over on the side of the road, for failing to stop. The officers pointed out the clearly visible stop-signs to the drivers.

A driver, who went through the stop-sign early yesterday morning without stopping told Samoa News in the afternoon that some public notices should have gone out in advance from Department of Public Safety about these new “safety devices”.

“I didn’t even know until I passed the four-corners and realized there are new stop signs,” said the male driver, who also told Samoa News that he was also concerned with drivers speeding down the road, without stopping at the 4-way stop-signs and could cause serious problems for other motorists or pedestrians.