A STOP sign was a red octagonal traffic sign notifying drivers that they had to stop and give way to other traffic before proceeding.
History[]
On March 3, 1986, Dr. Emmett Brown — who had amnesia due to having been subjected to Officer Griff Tannen's bionic implant disabling device in 2035 — crashed his steam time car into a sign of this kind at a T-junction in Hill Valley, leaving the post buckled and the sign knocked down.
The towing service Lee Bros. Towing & Repair towed the steam time car to their yard, believing it had been abandoned, leaving a company flyer attached to the demolished STOP sign (with what appeared to be a piece of chewing gum) to let the owner know where the vehicle was towed. The flyer was found by Doc, Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker when they arrived at the T-junction in the unmodified DeLorean DMC-12.