The Four Way Stop
What’s the deal with four way stops? No matter where I am, every time I come to a four way stop sign I seem to arrive at the same time as other drivers who forgot or never knew how to handle themselves in said situation.
Its quite simple really. The first person to arrive and stop is the same person who gets to go first.? I think it’s the turns that really throw people off. Especially the left turns. C’mon people!! It’s not that hard!!
This became painfully evident this week after a harsh storm moved through the area and knocked out power. Police remedied the situation by putting 4-way stops at every intersection where there once was a light. As traffic backed up I couldn’t help but think “I wish people knew how to drive through a 4-way stop.
July 21st, 2006 at 3:52 pm
not sure if you knew this but the rule is, that when two or more cars arrive at an intersection at the same time, which actually happens more often than you think, that the person to the utmost right goes first. It seems that not many know that b/c i usally go by that and get cut off a lot.