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Weird, I was taught that I can only go after yielding to the right.

That isn’t the rule either, I guess parent made their point. The first person who stops goes next, right away only matters if their is ambiguity in who stopped first.

To your first point, "the rule" is location-dependent. And to your second point, that was obviously (to me, at least) implied.

I’ve never seen a four way stop in a region that had traffic on the right can always go regardless of stop time. But I’ve only seen four way stops in a few countries.

The implication from the comment was (had to be) that you yield to the right if both cars stop at the same time.

This is not correct. There are clear instructions on how a 4-way stop should operate and its yielding to the right, if opposite cars are both moving forward, both can go, otherwise the car who has initiative has the right of way. Every driver must come to a complete stop.

This is true in every state.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/rightofwayrules....

> This is not correct.

It is correct and is literally the first bullet on the pdf you linked. First to stop is first to go.

> This is not correct. There are clear instructions on how a 4-way stop should operate and its yielding to the right

Yielding to the right only applies if you stop at roughly the same time, otherwise first to stop goes first. It's the first bullet point in your link.

I've met people like you at 4 way stop signs. It is never a fun time.

> right away

right of way

Or maybe they were going right away, taking the initiative and removing the ambiguity from the situation. =)

Having moved between states and taken a lot of drivers tests. I can say the exact rules are something that vary between states and over time. Including how it was taught.

My first drivers test was yield to the right. Later it was fifo order of who made it to the stop.

My running interpretation is fifo order with yielding to the right in case of ambiguity.

The point is, if many 4-way stops don’t have traffic at them, a stop/start becomes a perfunctory, dangerous habit.

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