I don’t know what it is about this area, but people seem to have a lot of troubles with 4 way stops. There is one on the way out of our neighborhood.  Today I discovered how you can make it even worse!
Have a police car parked in the median at said 4 way stop. Everyone is so paranoid about the cop sitting there and trying to remember the “proper” way to go through a 4 way stop, everyone ends up staying stopped for about 3 times as long as usual.
I have no idea why he would be there - he was visible from all directions, and that particular intersection doesn’t seem to have a lot of people go blowing through the stop signs. Could have been looking for someone, I suppose, but all he seemed to be accomplishing was really mucking up traffic.
March 5th, 2008 - 9:04 pm
Are you referring to a Mexican Standoff?
March 5th, 2008 - 9:12 pm
Here I just call it “a whole bunch of idiots who don’t know how to drive”
March 5th, 2008 - 11:38 pm
Really. Not. Hard.
First come, first serve, or person on the right goes first, or straight then right-turn then left-turn, as fits the cars and maneuvers involved.