Simultaneous Arrivals at Stop Signs - Who goes Foist?? :)

> wrote in message
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> In CT, we were taught that the driver at the stopsign to our right has
> right of way(ROW), if it's too close to call. Otherwise, ROW is who gets
> there first.
>
Same in CA. Two vehicles simultaneously--or very close enough to
simultaneously--arrive and stop (*), then the one on the right should
proceed.

(*) Assumes an actual complete stop to 0 mph and then about a 1 second
minimum pause to look before proceeding--not slowing to almost a stop then
coasting through the stop sign.

"richard" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 09:59:39 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> richard wrote: "And just what the heck does "on the right" mean? "
>>
>> Okay, as from my view behind the wheel, I stop at a stop sign, and
>> another driver stops at the sign at my 3'o clock position, ergo, to the
>> right of my position.
>>
>> No one here in CT at least makes the distinction between IE state roads
>> 4-way with a secondary, controlled solely by stop signs. Whoever gets
>> there first, on the state or the secondary, goes first.
>>
>> Looking down on a 4-way intersection, cross-shaped, drivers pull up to
>> and stop at the 6' and 3 o'clock positions simultaneously. If it's too
>> close to call, the driver at 3 o'clock has ROW. If either 6 o'clock or
>> 3 o'clock arrives a discernable amount of time first(at least 2 sec for
>> arguments sake), then it's pretty obvious who has right of way.
>
> What if you have drivers at 6 and 9?
> Does 6 go first?

Stop 4-way (although some signs just say Stop/all-way)--since you reference
clock hour hand positions, it goes like this:

6 and 3 at the same time: 3 goes first.
6 and 9 at the same time: 6 goes first.
9 and 12 at the same time: 9 goes first.
3 and 12 at the same time: 12 goes first.

In other words, when two arrive at the stop sign at the same time, the
driver just needs to look to the right. By the book (DMV driver's
handbooks), the one on the right goes first.

In article >,
Evan Platt > wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 03:51:04 -0700, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr."
> > wrote:
>
> >Stop 4-way (although some signs just say Stop/all-way)--since you reference
> >clock hour hand positions, it goes like this:
> >
> >6 and 3 at the same time: 3 goes first.
> >6 and 9 at the same time: 6 goes first.
> >9 and 12 at the same time: 9 goes first.
> >3 and 12 at the same time: 12 goes first.
> >
> >In other words, when two arrive at the stop sign at the same time, the
> >driver just needs to look to the right. By the book (DMV driver's
> >handbooks), the one on the right goes first.
>
> But what if a fire engine, police car, ambulance, and USPS truck all
> arrive at the same time?

It depends on whether or not their emergency lights are operating. USPS
has ROW in non-emergency conditions.