FishLife

What's so difficult to understand? It gets frustrating at times, but the rules are simple. If you get there 1st, you go 1st.

If 2 vehicles get there at the same time, the person on the right goes 1st or if they are across from each other, the person going straight or turning right goes 1st. If you are turning left, you wait. SIMPLE!! But I never force the right-of-way.

Many times I get behind the person that doesn't know when it's their turn to go, but more dangerous is THAT person who thinks it's always THEIR turn to go. I almost got run into by THAT guy today and he got mad and flipped me off.

Just crazy.......



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Billdo

I've just developed a snooze and loose mentality. If someone hesitates for a split second I'm going first no matter what the rules say.

rickboat

Try roundabouts.

The reality is, whether driving or anything else, more than 50% of humanity is simply stupid.

mikefloyd

Try this with snowbirds.

Fish_DOut

Yup.
The rules are in the handbook. Learn them before you drive.
You are supposed to be tested on this.
If you don't know the rules, you have no business driving.

TorFed

We have elderly people going the wrong direction in roundabouts all the time.

PacificIslanDoc

I think this is legit. If someone has the right of way and surrenders it, then you are still playing by the rules when you go.

fjmaverick

I drive through a lot of industrial Park and there is often a lot of yielding done by large trucks

Still Stoked

I have up being nice. I drive like the cops are chasing me.

Reel 007

So the driver in lane one perpendicular from you gets there fractions of a second before you, as you are waiting for that driver to go another vehicle pulls alongside him/her in lane two, as the lane one driver moves the lane two vehicle use that driver as cover to go a head of you, is that within accepted protocol of a four way stop.

brcarls

Me too.

I adopted that policy years ago after much frustration with people who had the right of way and just sit there to be polite or some such nonsense.

FishLife

My situation today was similar. Myself and the driver across approached at about the same time (actually, I was slightly ahead), but I was turning left and towing a boat. As I waived him on, another car approached from the right and stopped. As the driver across from me made it through the intersection, I pulled out to turn. The driver to the right apparently thought he had the right-of-way and pulled out as well. How he didn't hit me, I'll never know. But he sure was mad as hell at me.

N D H

You mean you stop at stop signs?

fireisland1

No good deed goes unpunished. Never never make eye contact. Just go

Qb1rdman

You have to let it go and take solace knowing that you're right and they're idiots.

ndb8fxe

One of my major driving pet peeves happens and multi-way stops.

As I'm approaching (maybe a half block away) a 4 way stop, I see a car on the cross street stopped at the stop sign.

That car waits for me to come to a complete stop before he goes through. Then I am stopped waiting for him to go through the intersection and finally I get to go. It wastes so much time. It would go much smoother if he would stop and go then when I get there I can stop and go.

Unless a car is barreling toward the intersection and you are the only one there. Stop and GO! Dont wait for me to get there and force me to wait for you to go through.

aubv

Which means, at some point, we are the stupid one. The question is, are we willing to admit it?.......

brcarls

In my AO, traffic circles are even worse. People already IN the circle stop and wave people at the stop signs out in front of them...

tprice

Just take your turn and BE PATIENT.

No need in driving like a PISSED OFF YANKEE down here in SC.

ENJOY THE DRIVE

sjef

Never noticed it at home but down here in Florida it seems everyone is just old and not too quick to move, or just not in a hurry. I just do a quick stop and go here. Try that in Jersey and there will be contact.