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I typically gesture for the person on the right of me to proceed. If they wave me ahead, I'll just go. The person adjacent to me should take that as the opportunity to cross as I'm crossing.
If the other person takes my offer and proceeds, then the person adjacent to them should go forward as well.
This all goes to hell if one of us is opting to turn.
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You should see what happens down here when four folks stop at a 4-way at the same time. They all just sit there and wave at each other to go for like 20 minutes. No body wants to be rude, so they can never quite seem to figure out who's going to go first, and we get this insane stalemate.
We have that happen here regardkless of who go there first. I usually go ahead and go even if I was the last to arrive just to avoid sitting there.
The OP is correct in how things should proceed, but there are always some very aggressive and rude people who want to ignore the rules and put themselves first. It isn't worth a car accident to try to argue with them.
When I visited a friend in Taiwan, there were very few stop signs or lights. Everyone would just pull into the middle of the street and try to intimidate the other people into letting them turn first. Never saw anything like it...LOL!
People going straight have the right of way and should proceed before those who are turning. Right turns have priority over those turning left. If multiple vechiles arrive together priority goes to the vehicle that first completes its stop. It is only in the rare instance where none of this applies (i.e. vehicles traveling on perpendicular roads arrive and stop at exactly the same time. Not sure if there are any rules for that situation.
Leave early: if you meet rude or inconsiderate drivers (which is my vote), let 'em go. Live's too short and you've left early, so a few seconds doesn't matter. If everyone did this, I think the rudeness would almost disappear.
I have five 4 way stops between my house and work. I've seen it all. People who won't go, people who tail the person in front of them even though it's not their turn, and the two worst offenses - someone who is already stopped waiting until another car approaching the intersection comes to a complete stop before going even though they may have had more than enough time to go before the other car ever gets to its stop, that and not using blinkers. They are all inconsiderate idiots in my opinion!
What is the protocol when 4 cars arrive from each direction simultaneously? Each car is to the right of another car.
I try to be last to stop at a 4-way, which means I'll roll forward a few feet more than I need to. The other people know I entered last and they can hash out the rest of the order amongst themselves.
What kills me is when the person that either got there clearly first or is to your right decides to be "nice" and wave you on. If it is just us two, then OK, I will deal with it, but usually other cars are then arriving and it just gums things up for everyone if you don't go when you are supposed to.
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