Alpo Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Four cars arrive at a four way stop at the exact same time (like that's really going to happen). Who has the right away. I know if I get there first, I have the right way. I know that if three cars arrive at the same time (again, fairly unlikely), the one on the right has the right of way. But if there's a car at every stop sign, there is no car on the right. So in this unlikely scenario, who would have the right of way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 The first one to take the initiative... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Obviously, no one. One car will eventually go out into the intersection and the others will let him go, then the rest will follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 The one that has enough sense to know that the other three are probably just as dumb as most drivers on the road these days and takes the initiative to get going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 The guy (or gal) with the brush guard on their truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 This is how Figure-8 racing got started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, Michigan Slim said: The guy (or gal) with the brush guard on their truck. I was gonna say biggest vehicle always has the right-of-way, but brush guards are just as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Apparently 4 way stops are rare in some areas of the country. At one intersection in town I see tourists, mostly in summer, pull up and stop as a look of fear and uncertainty darkens their visage. Then the vehicles begin to back up. Folks here are courteous and rarely honk. We just wait em out and try to encourage them to move with hand gestures (not the ones you might see in New York though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 I was up in Alabama one time and I came upon a four way stop on two four-lane roads. And both of the roads had left turn lanes. So instead of a possibility of four cars (which is what I was used to) there was a possibility of 12 cars. Who in the world has the right of way up there? Didn't them damn people ever hear of a red light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 In Massachusetts, you have the right of way if your father did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dog Doug Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 car who goes first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 There is a flaw in your story Alpo. The probability that all four vehicles would arrive at the same time while small is still plausible. The idea at all four would actually come to a complete stop is your problem because that would never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Drove in Italy for three years. In Naples, all four cars would wind up in the center of the intersection, blocking each other, all of them refusing to back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go West Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 The ugly beater with 4 colors of primer amid the dents. People will think the driver has no insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 With so many idiots behind wheels I'd be the last one to cross. Let the other three argue who's first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 The Monster Truck 1st, VW Bug last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 11 hours ago, Michigan Slim said: The guy (or gal) with the brush guard on their truck. You mean there's trucks in Michigan that came without a brush guard? Imagine that! Lemme guess, they've got 4 full sized doors and a 4 foot bed before they added the toolbox, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: You mean there's trucks in Michigan that came without a brush guard? Imagine that! Lemme guess, they've got 4 full sized doors and a 4 foot bed before they added the toolbox, right? Not quite. Five and a half foot bed! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 12 hours ago, Three Foot Johnson said: This is how Figure-8 racing got started. I was watching one on TV decades ago. Small track, looked like at a fairgrounds. One car didn't have a hood. Driver wasn't taking directions from an official. Official reached over, grabbed a handful of plug wires and ripped them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 21 hours ago, Michigan Slim said: Not quite. Five and a half foot bed! Lol Yeah, but that's different. Kaya can drive whatever she wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I believe that beating has a size-matters rule, except that sailboats always have the right-of-way over powerboats. My memory may be fuzzy on this as in actual practice, pontoon boats and ski boats seem to do what they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 I recall a MAD cartoon. Two guys arguing about who has the right of way at stop sign. They are both pulling boats on trailers. the guy pulling the sailboat insist that he had the right away because sailboats have the right away over power boats. A friend of mine taught me a very interesting term. GROSS TONNAGE RIGHT OF WAY. Don't care what the rules of the road say. If you are big enough to squish me like a bug, you absolutely can go first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 A Coast Guard sailor I used to drink with one told me that when he worked The San Francisco Bay station that a lot of their calls for disabled vessels were for sail boaters that thought they always had the right of way. He said that in the bay, large commercial ships almost always have the right of way due to their limited maneuverability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 The first one to move in this situation would be the one that is going straight through the intersection on the primary right of way. Then everyone else would go, based on the vehicle-on-the-right theory. Left turns always yield. The people in Durham, NC seem to handle this better than most places I've been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Ding, ding, ding 10 hours ago, MizPete said: The first one to move in this situation would be the one that is going straight through the intersection on the primary right of way. Then everyone else would go, based on the vehicle-on-the-right theory. Left turns always yield. The people in Durham, NC seem to handle this better than most places I've been. We have a winner. Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Is there a group of protesters standing in the intersection?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 7 hours ago, Patagonia Pete said: Is there a group of protesters standing in the intersection?? All four go at once in that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 The vehicle with the most lug nuts has right of way. My instructor said in that situation the simple rule is all drivers should not insist on right of way, but he was wrong! Lug nuts rule! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Right of way is a thing. It determines auto liability. In case of "protesters" proceed in the order described above & keep moving, slow but steady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 The rule in West Virginia is that the truck with the biggest wheels always has the right of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I remember this from Driver's ed. First off you didn't mention whether the cars were turning or going straight. That's important because Cars going straight have the right of way over cars turning and cars turning right have the right of way over cars turning left. So if all cars are turning left or going straight, the correct non joke even though it sounds like one answer is ... whoever takes the initiative. BTW, if all cars are turning right, there's no need to worry about it. If there's a mix of directions, then it just depends. The Yield to the Right rule won't even come into play then because the turn direction is higher in the order of operation and solves first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Not in a four-way stop. At a standard boulevard stop, cars going straight have the right of way over cars turning left. But at four way stop that no longer applies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 It has been 62 years since I took drivers ed, but I seem to recall a question on the State of Illinois written exam that asked, "If a citizen, a fire truck, an ambulance and a post office vehicle came to a four-way intersection, and all stop, who has the right-of-way? The answer was...the postal truck because it was a federal vehicle! Didn't make sense to me then and still doesn't! First of all, why would all four vehicles stop? I would suspect if the ambulance had its siren and lights going, it probably would, followed by the fire truck. Oh, and at one time, the State of Illinois actually had a law on its book that if two trains approached on crossing tracks, both must come to a stop and neither could move until the other had departed! The law was finally repealed some years ago...not that the railroads had paid much attention to it in light of Centralized Traffic Control (CTC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Howdy, When I drove old ford vans to keep my fun car off the road it seemed nobody wanted to go in front of the old beater. So most primer showing and non matching doors wins. You hit that guy and a trip to court, paperwork and wasted time or let that sucker go first. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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