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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
No, we don't want you to be unpredictable. Some idiot doing a rolling stop and proceeding without the right of way is a perfect example of being unpredictable. Stop it.
You and another car both arrive at an intersection at the exact same time.
1. If the car is to your right, they have the right of way and get to go first. However, if you are turning right then you can proceed at the same time because you aren't impeding their right of way.
2. If the car is to your left, you have the right of way.
3. If the car is immediately across from you, then the vehicle going straight has the right of way. If you are both turning into the same lane, the vehicle making the right hand turn has the right of way -- except where the right turn is a yield, in which case you have a yield and not a stop sign and therefore must yield to all oncoming traffic including those turning left.
This is not rocket science; this is rock-paper-scissors. Vehicle to the right beats vehicle to the left, straight beats left turn, right turn beats left turn. Left turn beats yielding right turn.
I hate that, and it happens constantly at 14 St and 38 Ave / Sifton Blvd. But I would prefer that instead of being a dick that people just learned how to navigate 3 and 4-way stops (also T-intersections where two directions have a stop and the intersecting road has right-of-way, like Peacekeepers Way SW / Peacekeepers Drive SW).
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Maybe what we need is all drivers get out of our cars and do rock-paper-scissors in the middle of the intersection to see who goes first. Loser stays to play the next person that arrives. 4 way battles when possible. Or how about Hungry Hungry Hippos at every intersection.