I have a question for all law-abiding citizens regarding right of way at a two-way stop. Almost daily I have to cross a very busy highway. The highway is north-south bound. The two-way stop is east-west. So here's the scenario: a blue car comes to the intersection heading west. It stops at the stop sign, signals left and then has to wait for a break in traffic. A minute later a white car stops at the the opposite stop sign (heading east) to wait for a break in traffic intending to go straight. Who has the right of way? The blue car who is first at the intersection, or the white car who is not turning.
I'm tired of the "courtesies" that result from people not knowing the law. That's how accidents happen. I have looked up the DMV manual. It does not describe this particular intersection headache. I thought I knew what the answer was. People have Googled this problem. There is no unanimous decision for who has the right of way. I have asked several people what they think. The feedback is not unanimous. Kind of scary when I think about staring down someone across the four lane highway and wondering which side of the rule they belong to. The problem isn't that drivers don't follow the rules; it's that they don't know them. Yikes.
And no--that is not a picture of an accident that I was involved in. thank goodness.
