One nice thing about midwest nice is 4 way stops.

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Jun 22, 2021
8:16:50am

TN_Coug meh

One nice thing about midwest nice is 4 way stops.

you pull up, everyone waves you through to be midwest nice to you, and you go on with your day. They wait, you don't.

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How do 4-way stops work? Do opposite sides move together? Or does each side move individually?

scootsy Greatest Actor Alive or Dead

6/22/21 8:12am

Any car on the right moves first. Otherwise, opposites can move together.

charles

6/22/21 8:13am

How should it work or how does it work?

Tokolosh

6/22/21 8:14am

They should all be roundabouts, frankly.

ebv

6/22/21 8:16am

Roundabouts are so much faster.

Baron

6/22/21 8:17am

That'd look even wild westier

LiveCoug

6/22/21 8:20am

Yeah, and not the poorly designed US ones either

Yiowa

6/22/21 8:33am

Many humans are too stupid to use a rotary

6/22/21 8:51am

I see that WJCougar is one of /those/ drivers in the roundabout. 😉

ebv

6/22/21 9:18am

One nice thing about midwest nice is 4 way stops.

TN_Coug

6/22/21 8:16am

But then they proceed not to ever let you in on a zipper merge

squirrelyearl

6/22/21 8:22am

they always wave and let me in. sometimes they try to give me something they bought at the kwik trip if we get close

TN_Coug

6/22/21 8:31am

I think good drivers understand that opposite sides can move together.

Ham

6/22/21 8:17am

One of the most beautiful moments of my life was at a 4-way stop.

6/22/21 8:17am

Here's an interesting podcast from Freakanomics about roundabouts compared to lighted intersections

Zenoch

6/22/21 8:17am

Roundabouts are 100x scarier for pedestrians and cyclists than an intersection is in my experience. People are watching

supertux

6/22/21 8:32am

Perfect. If people don't have cars they should stay home. If they're riding a

PKCoug

6/22/21 9:02am

I'm talking about pedestrians walking on sidewalks and in crosswalks

supertux

6/22/21 9:08am

For sure. Me too.

PKCoug

6/22/21 9:26am

I don't know that its apples to oranges comparison there. Many of the lighted

cougaman

6/23/21 12:16am

First to arrive moves first, but opposites can move together. If arrived at the same time car to the right goes

crimedog

6/22/21 8:26am

You make it sound so simple. Near my home I constantly see people acting like

StalwartBraveTrue

6/22/21 8:33am

If you don’t know you need to surrender your drivers license.

StalwartBraveTrue

6/22/21 8:30am

I just want people to use their blinkers.

JuicyJam

6/22/21 8:41am

In my neighborhood? The drivers come to a stop, look at each other for 10

O Gaucho

6/22/21 9:14am

The only rule I follow is that to shorten my waiting time I act as if my car is

WallaX2

6/22/21 9:53am

Everybody loves you I’m sure.

StalwartBraveTrue

6/22/21 11:49am

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