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Dark n Stormy Knight

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53. Again. It does not matter where you approach from.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #22)

Thu Sep 14, 2017, 09:07 AM

Sep 2017

You're sitting in your car, stopped at the stop sign look to the right. If there is someone in the car there, you yield to them.

Only if you got there and stopped at the same time, of course, which is the question at hand. The only confusion should be in the unlikely even all arrived and stopped at the exact same time. In which case, the yield goes around and around, as noted in the song I posted above.

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Without googling...At a four-way stop, if 2 cars reach the intersection simultaneously, [View all] ecstatic Sep 2017 OP

I don't get why you have this option: Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #1

Hmm, I guess I was thinking both arrived at same time but one ecstatic Sep 2017 #3

and since when do people even really stop........oh they'll slow down, but that rolling thing a kennedy Sep 2017 #45

Vehicle on the *right* goes first if stops are simultaneous. tblue37 Sep 2017 #51

You're right...... a kennedy Sep 2017 #61

Let me guess: Someone has faulted you. DetlefK Sep 2017 #2

No. A tweet by the police department ecstatic Sep 2017 #4

I learned that 58 years ago. pangaia Sep 2017 #25

That's a fairly universal rule worldwide. brooklynite Sep 2017 #36

Agreed, and also applies to boating! Kleveland Sep 2017 #54

New drivers in my family Bettie Sep 2017 #39

Do you know the John Prine song The Accident? Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #5

Never heard of him or the song until now. ecstatic Sep 2017 #9

Okay - John Prine - definitely not a parody singer, though he writes some funny songs. GoneOffShore Sep 2017 #10

Not really. Folksy-rootsy Americana genre. Not everyone's cuppa, but Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #11

And don't forget 'Sam Stone' which I posted above. GoneOffShore Sep 2017 #14

Yes! Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #18

One of Prine's greatest. kentuck Sep 2017 #33

Thank you Bob Loblaw Sep 2017 #23

Lucky you! I've only seen him once, ages ago. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #24

I'll save that for later Bob Loblaw Sep 2017 #26

Agree - He is a national treasurer. SharonClark Sep 2017 #44

Whoever has the bigger vehicle goes first. TexasTowelie Sep 2017 #6

What if... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #15

Roadside rochambeau at the corner. TexasTowelie Sep 2017 #16

There are a LOT of 4-ways by me. annabanana Sep 2017 #7

This is presumably for "when both cars want to go straight on" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #8

It's not the direction they approach from. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #19

OK, so 1 car approaches from the north, 1 from the south muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #28

Yeah, this is my concern. I guess that is why we are seeing so many traffic circles pop up... hlthe2b Sep 2017 #38

See my post. Rarely are cars going parallel (North - South) approaching each other head-on anneboleyn Sep 2017 #52

Of course... the issue is head on meeting simultaneously with one wanting to make a left turn hlthe2b Sep 2017 #59

In most cases those cars would be in different lanes, so it's a non-issue. Car from North would anneboleyn Sep 2017 #49

Again. It does not matter where you approach from. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #53

But you do need a rule for when it is 2 cars arriving from opposite directions muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #60

Ahh, of course. Sorry! Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #69

In the southern hemisphere, of course, it would be car on left with right of way pangaia Sep 2017 #27

Obviously none of you guys lives in WA state ... fierywoman Sep 2017 #12

Arrrrghhhh! This is why I don't support anarchists. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #20

We have a 4 way stop just down the street from us. I have witnessed rurallib Sep 2017 #40

depends... bluecollar2 Sep 2017 #13

The tiebreaker must be a burnout contest Amishman Sep 2017 #17

THE ONE WITH THE BIGGEST "TRUCK NUTZ" GOES FIRST! Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #21

What if four cars reach the intersection simultaneously? Orrex Sep 2017 #29

Leave It To You, Orrex! ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #41

There's one busy 4-way in our area at which this happens constantly. We just nod/wave Nay Sep 2017 #46

I'm A Waver, Too ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #50

There's all sorts of unwritten rules that happen in local areas Major Nikon Sep 2017 #63

There's only one sure-fire way to resolve this: unblock Sep 2017 #30

What if there are no front license plates? mwooldri Sep 2017 #31

If two cars are on opposite sides of a stop sign. kentuck Sep 2017 #32

The trick is to ease up to the line so that there Lars39 Sep 2017 #34

That was easy... Ohiya Sep 2017 #35

except in my town we have the 'wave'..the driver on the right... samnsara Sep 2017 #37

people struggle with the simple concept of the turn signal melm00se Sep 2017 #42

Embrace Modernity.... OnDoutside Sep 2017 #43

Why not google to find the correct answer? left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #47

If they all arrive at the same time, everyone is on everyone else's right. haveahart Sep 2017 #48

Actually, it is the car coming toward the 4-way stop that has MineralMan Sep 2017 #55

I detest 4 way stops. 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #56

Other: I go first. JoeStuckInOH Sep 2017 #57

You don't even have to get there first with namby-pamby drivers Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #68

Turn off your car and walk away..... n2doc Sep 2017 #58

Could someone please answer definitively, soon? Mr. Ected Sep 2017 #62

Quite often three or four cars at a four-way stop... maveric Sep 2017 #64

A woman went off on me at a 4 way stop Kaleva Sep 2017 #65

The car with the popular vote must yield to the one with the Electoral College. n/t Orsino Sep 2017 #66

didn't have to google DiverDave Sep 2017 #67