home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   rec.autos.driving      Automobile discussion (general)      162,178 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 161,130 of 162,178   
   richard to thekmanrocks@gmail.com   
   Re: Simultaneous Arrivals at Stop Signs    
   09 Jul 14 14:30:12   
   
   From: noreply@example.com   
      
   On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 09:59:39 -0700 (PDT), thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > richard wrote: "And just what the heck does "on the right" mean? "   
   >   
   > Okay, as from my view behind the wheel, I stop at a stop sign, and another   
   driver stops at the sign at my 3'o clock position, ergo, to the right of my   
   position.   
   >   
   > No one here in CT at least makes the distinction between IE state roads   
   4-way with a secondary, controlled solely by stop signs.  Whoever gets there   
   first, on the state or the secondary, goes first.   
   >   
   > Looking down on a 4-way intersection, cross-shaped, drivers pull up to and   
   stop at the 6' and 3 o'clock positions simultaneously.  If it's too close to   
   call, the driver at 3 o'clock has ROW.   If either 6 o'clock or 3 o'clock   
   arrives a discernable    
   amount of time first(at least 2 sec for arguments sake), then it's pretty   
   obvious who has right of way.   
      
   What if you have drivers at 6 and 9?   
   Does 6 go first?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca