On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 11:49:54 AM UTC-4, Mr.Emann wrote:
On 10/6/2015 10:30 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 10:58:42 AM UTC-4, Ian Jackson wrote:


In the USA, I'm amazed to the no-priority '4-way stop' crossroads. The
rule seems to be that the guy who thinks he got there first assumes he
has priority. That said, when driving over there, driving is normally a
pleasure, and the drivers tend to be somewhat more considerate than here
in the UK and in Continental Europe.
--
Ian

AT 4 way stops, it's not no-priority. It's as you described. If a car
gets there first, it has the priority. If they all get there about the
same time, the the driver to your right has the right of way. Same rule
applies for boats crossing paths, if a boat is crossing your path from
the right, it has the right of way. Boat and aircraft lights are set
up consistent with that, so one craft sees green, the other red.

If they all get there at the same time, how do you determine which is
the "right" one? Everyone has a driver to the right side of them. I
suspect that the driver who has the biggest or most beat up vehicle gets
the right-of-way.

....or the most aggressive driver or maybe just the one who makes the first
move. "I'll go, OK?"

All it takes is for one driver to inch forward to start the action. In most
cases, the others let him go and the normal "driver on the right" pattern
takes over. It's a maximum of 4 cars and a few seconds between first and
last, so it's rarely an issue. If someone wants to be an a-hole, let 'em.