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Originally Posted by myrefugeisintheLord
The only thing that I've been doing, that will probably bit me later, is I can't stand stopping fully for stop signs, or turns anymore!  Out in the country, I'm really bad if there's nobody around.  |
US 4-way stops are amongst the most foolish thing I've ever come across on any road.
Petition your city or county to have them removed and replaced by priority and yield-signs unless where Stop signs are absolutely necessary - i.e. where you can't yield safely unless you stop to check for traffic.
It's downright silly to stop ALL traffic when you could make more than half of it carry on without any problem, while the rest can slow down, but roll through when traffic allows.
The US could save millions of gallons of gas and reduce pollution, by replacing them with priority (on the most travelled road) and yield (on the less used road) signs.
It'd also settle any priority claims between colliding parties.
Now, there's no telling who made it to the crossing first.