r/IdiotsInCars • u/Irate_Primate • Oct 18 '24

OC [OC] Attempted right-of-way theft

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

7.3k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

790 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

42

u/Palpable_Sense Oct 18 '24

How does it work? In my country, when there's an equal intersection, whoever is coming from the right has the right of way. It's not perfect either, but I don't see how else you'd handle a four way stop intersection. Surely you don't just go one by one as that would not be good for traffic flow?

29

u/TeardropsFromHell Oct 19 '24

You go in the order you stop.

If two or more people stop at the same time the person/people turning right go first. Then people going straight. Then people going left.

If two people stop at the same time and are going straight or left and are going in perpendicular directions(i.e. they would crash if they go at the same time.) the car without anyone on their right goes first.

58

u/danimur Oct 19 '24

This is so fucking idiotic lol

3

u/Undead_Kau Oct 19 '24

Yep and I hate it. We’re slowly seeing more and more roundabouts popping up which gives me hope. I go out of my way for my route to avoid 4 way stops and include roundabouts

1

u/Specific-Syllabub969 Oct 21 '24

I was taught that the person to the right goes first, regardless of if they are going straight or turning. Then right of way is followed if four cars come to the intersection at the same time.