https://xkcd.com/2932

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This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.

  • deweydecibel
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    146 months ago

    All that crap about the first arrival or person to the right doesn’t get applied in real life.

    What the hell are you talking about? People obey the first to stop first pull out rule all the damn time.

    • @JonEFive@midwest.social
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      36 months ago

      Yes, but there are also a lot of times where they don’t in my personal experience. If there’s a question about who technically got there first - like two cars approach at roughly the same time - the rules aren’t always followed as written by other drivers.

    • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      16 months ago

      Not in my experience. Of course, as long as people are actually stopping, someone already stopped has an advantage. But that’s a difference between East and West Coast US driving. In the East people come to a complete stop before moving again. In the West they’ll slow down a lot, nearly stop even. So there’s definitely regional characteristics. But the most common law is that of our childhood, possession is 9/10ths of the law.

    • KroninJ
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      16 months ago

      First to stop is the safer option. I feel that most people around here follow that too.

      It also has a rare benefit of seeing the interaction between a majority first-to-goers at a 4 way.