Driving rant: PLEASE stop this!!

[flycy]

Seems pretty clear that time of arrival doesn’t matter as it’s never mentioned.

https://iowadot.gov/media/7310/download?inline&utm_source=chatgpt.com

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It's mentioned elsewhere and says first arriving goes first with no mention of turning or going strait. This assumes simultaneous. Gives way to different interpretations.

I got my first taste of traffic circles in Riyhad Saudia Arabia. What you learned there is to never make eye contact with other drivers or you would be expected to get out of the way.

 

[simply1]

It's mentioned elsewhere and says first arriving goes first with no mention of turning or going strait. This assumes simultaneous. Gives way to different interpretations.

I got my first taste of traffic circles in Riyhad Saudia Arabia. What you learned there is to never make eye contact with other drivers or you would be expected to get out of the way.

First arrival at a four way stop sign intersection? Everything I’ve found says that right of way has priority for every other situation.

 

[Gonzo]

So what happens if another car also going straight pulls up behind that vehicle going straight etc. Do they all go first? The real rules only will matter in court. I would allow the car arriving first to go first, but in either case proceed cautiously and watch other driver. Nothing I hate more than two tentative drivers at an impasse.

No, they're all pulling up to stop signs. So there's vehicle #1 at their stop sign that intends to go straight through the intersection, and vehicle #1 at their stop sign that intends to turn left. Vehicle #1 going straight passes through the intersection, meanwhile vehicle #1 turning left slowly enters the intersection, waits for the car going straight to pass through, and then makes their turn. Then vehicles #2 do their thing.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

Love them - they're so much better than stoplights and stop signs. Biggest issue is people who don't know how to ******* drive through them.

I think its a combo

There are many who don't know how to drive through them. But there are also many that are poorly designed. Especially when you start going beyond one-lane roundabouts to where it can be difficult to tell whether a car is exiting or continuing on around the circle, which causes people to be stopping anyway, and the rules for 2 lane roundabouts can be inconsistent