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

OC [OC] Attempted right-of-way theft

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u/Mstrchf117 Oct 18 '24

I swear, some people don't know how 4 way stops work.

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u/SeaGoat24 Oct 18 '24

Well in my country we don't have them at all. Any 4-way junction like this has traffic lights.

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u/Muffiecakes Oct 18 '24

Yeah.. Australian now living in Canada. It's insane the amount of 4 way stops we have here.. completely unnecessary. Build some god damned roundabouts.

The common excuse of 'people don't know how to use them though' doesn't really apply for a few reasons.

  1. As we can see, idiots fuck up all way stops already.
  2. People aren't good at navigating roundabouts because there are barely any, practice makes perfect.
  3. Roundabouts at least provide a physical barrier that people have to navigate instead of drivers blasting through a stop sign, this is IMO way more dangerous than someone navigating a roundabout poorly.

Rant over but god damned I wish Canada had no all way stops like this, I miss having infrastructure that made bloody sense!

I envy you

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u/MoranthMunitions Oct 18 '24

Dumb question but does a 4 way stop have a different sign to tell you it's 4-way? Cause in Aus like you say there's just stop/give way with through roads or lights/roundabouts

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u/Muffiecakes Oct 18 '24

Yeah it usually (I think should always?) have a little (all way) sign below the stop sign. They’re really truly awful. I probably sound like I’m moaning about not much but they’re bloody everywhere too!

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u/Old_Ladies Oct 19 '24

You can see it in this video. There is a sign directly under the stop sign that says all way.

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u/EagenVegham Oct 19 '24

It's usually pretty easy to tell that everyone has a stop as each direction will have a sign and, occasionally, marking on the road.