Well, a riddle to SOME people. Most people, even. I go through a four way stop every day to and from work. East/West is standard one lane in either direction. North/South is three lanes in either direction. So a left turn lane and two straight lanes.
Now, I'm not picking on people when things get confusing, when more than two people get to the stop at once, I've seen three or four people get to the stop about at the same time. No, I'm talking about nice simple situations. For example today I was driving up to the stop sign and a car on my left comes up and stops before I do. I stop. Another car comes up next to them and stops. (They were on the North/South side) Eventually I got them to go. But whyyyyy, why were they letting me go when they had the right of way? The person on the right only has the right of way when two cars stop simultaneously. We did not. The other car got there first. Thus the "person on the right" rule doesn't apply.
This sort of nonsense happens so much, I start to worry I'm going crazy, and maybe don't know what I'm talking about. Nobody does anything correctly, or even consistently. For example, the same day I saw one person stop, then go, and the person behind them zipped right though hugging the first car's bumper. I used to see that a lot in my old town, too.
Anyways, it's just annoying because it really doesn't need to be this hard. But legit I think people look at these intersections like a free for all.
Now, I'm not picking on people when things get confusing, when more than two people get to the stop at once, I've seen three or four people get to the stop about at the same time. No, I'm talking about nice simple situations. For example today I was driving up to the stop sign and a car on my left comes up and stops before I do. I stop. Another car comes up next to them and stops. (They were on the North/South side) Eventually I got them to go. But whyyyyy, why were they letting me go when they had the right of way? The person on the right only has the right of way when two cars stop simultaneously. We did not. The other car got there first. Thus the "person on the right" rule doesn't apply.
This sort of nonsense happens so much, I start to worry I'm going crazy, and maybe don't know what I'm talking about. Nobody does anything correctly, or even consistently. For example, the same day I saw one person stop, then go, and the person behind them zipped right though hugging the first car's bumper. I used to see that a lot in my old town, too.
Anyways, it's just annoying because it really doesn't need to be this hard. But legit I think people look at these intersections like a free for all.
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