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[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How else are you supposed to deal with 4-way stops? In my state it's first arrival goes first, however if two cars arrive at the same time the car on the right proceeds first.

By always respecting the second rule. There are no 4-way stops here. If an intersection does not have signs the vehicle on the right always has priority. No exceptions.

It's not that complicated, and I'm not sure what's wrong with it

The problem is that people have different views on who came first but there are no different views on where right is. If there are any disputes there can be no arguments on who came 20 milliseconds earlier, instead you can just look at who had the right of way.

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Uh, we do have a rule about right goes first...

In a four-way stop, if you arrive at the same time then the one on the right goes first and if you’re across from each other then the one going straight gets the right of way and the one turning goes after otherwise it doesn’t matter if both are going straight.

Otherwise, if you have two people arrive at a four-way stop and one is clearly there before the other then the winner gets the right of way to keep flow of traffic going rather than waiting for the other to stop and go just because they were on the right side.

We don’t have a ton of roundabouts/traffic circles here but it works the same as it would in Europe.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Doesn't matter who got there first, person from the right gets right of way even if he came later. You approach the intersection with caution and make sure you can stop to yield should anyone come from the right.