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From: rsg@cbscc.UUCP (Bob Garmise)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Right hand priority
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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 08:25:44 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 19 08:25:44 1984
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories <SCCS>, Columbus
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>	4) At a four-way stop intersection, it is first-come first-served.
>This priority is violated at one's own grave peril, leftness or rightness not
>withstanding.

>Have I been driving wrong all these years?  Am I lucky to be alive?

Hmm...well, sort of. When I learned to drive, we were told that if
two cars arrived at an intersection simultaneously (or too close to
call), the car on the right had the right of way. Obviously, this did
not apply to cars that were facing each other. As far as I can recall,
this is the only application of the "rule of right". Perhaps this is
why it doesn't come up that often, expecially in cities that have
stoplights instead of stop signs. Mostly I find it happens on country
roads and at minor suburban intersections.
...bob garmise...at&t bell labs, columbus...