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I’ve discovered that people don’t know how to use four-way stops any better than they do roundabouts. No one seems to know who is supposed to go, so no-one goes.
People seem to think you are supposed to go one-at-a-time in the order you got to the intersection, so even if the car opposite them goes, thereby blocking the intersection for anyone going the other way–they will still sit there and wait their “turn.”
I’m hoping people will learn how to use four-way stops and praying for a roundabout at G and 26 1/2 Road.
JULIA WIDDOP
Grand Junction
2 Responses to “More roundabouts needed”
Posted March 6th, 2008 at 7:31 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
Hooray for Roundabouts
Posted March 10th, 2008 at 8:50 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
Julia,
Here are the instructions regarding 4-way stops, copied and pasted directly from the Colorado Driver’s Manual. Note the order it says to go regarding whose “turn” it is when at a 4-way stop. Those people who are the ones you refer to in your statement “People seem to think you are supposed to go one-at-a-time in the order you got to the intersection”, are correct in what they think. Rather than building more roundabouts, perhaps we need a refresher course for “people who don’t know the rules of the road and/or don’t follow them.”
“4-WAY STOP: You must yield the right-of-way to the vehicle that reached the intersection first. When more than one vehicle reaches the intersection at the same time the vehicle on the left must yield the right-of-way and allow
the vehicle on the right to go first.”
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