Drive Stress Away

I have been driving for 16 years. Please, do not do the math and if you do, you should know, in Alaska you can start driving at the age of 10 (this is not true). I have noticed a good many things in my hours on the road, but the one that shocks me the most is NOone..ok many people do not know how to follow the rules of the four way stop. I mean seriously people. I don't understand it. I have seen you program a remote control that looks like it's part of a NASA space shuttle, but four cars converging at one intersection throws you off a cliff of understanding. Let me help you to put your hands back on the steering wheel and not in the air waving around at your fellow drivers. I assure you, that scrunched up face behind your middle finger is not one of your finer looks.

I am not a traffic officer or a drivers ed. instructor, but I have taken it upon myself to actually read the drivers manual prior to getting my drivers license as well as research what right of way actually means. In the event two cars arrive at an intersection at the same time. The driver that is going straight or turning right goes first. If both cars are turning right they can both go. This would mean that motorists would have to and miraculously use their directional. In the event the driver is turning right and the other is driving straight, the person turning right goes first. Right of way means the person to the right, not the person who thinks they are right. In the event you just don't know. You have two options. Wave the driver through or just head straight home, lace up your shoes and walk to your destination.

Put simply: if vehicles arrive at approximately the same time, each driver must yield to the drivers on their right. Right, right, right, is always right. Good luck and use your directional/turn signal.