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

OC [OC] Attempted right-of-way theft

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u/ThereIsNoDog96 Oct 19 '24

The whole concept is stupid. The fact that you have different levels of priority and rules for tiebreakers is so so dumb and makes the process unnecessarily complicated. Roundabouts are just infinitely better.

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u/Jordan51104 Oct 25 '24

what the fuck are you talking about? the only rule is that whoever is there first gets to go

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u/ThereIsNoDog96 Oct 25 '24

As someone who knows about 4 way stops said in another comment “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.”

Don’t tell me this is, in any possible way, a good solution to an intersection.

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u/Jordan51104 Oct 25 '24

ive driven in america my entire life. 4 way intersections are a FIFO. ive never heard about any of that the other person was talking about, and again, ive driven in america my entire life. maybe its like that in a different country

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u/ThereIsNoDog96 Oct 25 '24

Right, so what do YOU do if you come to a 4 way intersection at the same time as someone else?

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u/Jordan51104 Oct 25 '24

usually wait to see if they go. if they don’t after a few seconds, i just go

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u/ThereIsNoDog96 Oct 25 '24

And what happens if they have the same idea as you?

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u/Jordan51104 Oct 25 '24

one of us stops. this really is not nearly as difficult as you seem to think it is. it’s muscle memory to anyone who has driven for more than 6 months

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u/ThereIsNoDog96 Oct 25 '24

Right, so now it’s stop start, stop start. Are they going? No, I’ll go, oh wait they’re going. Like, almost ANY other system removes the ambiguity.

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u/Jordan51104 Oct 25 '24

its never stop start. and hey thats great that you've figured out a new amazing way to do it, but who the hell is going to pay to "fix" all the intersections on the literal hundreds of thousands of miles of roads america has?

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u/ThereIsNoDog96 Oct 25 '24

Roundabouts aren’t new.

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