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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 1 decade ago

2 Way Stop Sign, Car A arrives first and is turning left, Car B arrives on the opposite side going straight?

Who has the right of way?

Facts:

1. Car A arrived first at the stop sign and is turning left.

2. Car B arrived a few seconds after car A on the opposite side before they made the left turn, they want to go straight.

3. Car A and Car B just look at each other confused at who has the right of way.

One line of thinking is whoever gets to the stop sign first has the right of way, another line of thinking is you always yield when making a left hand turn.

Who has the right of way under traffic law?

I always get in these situations and we just stare at each other until someone gives a hand gesture to go lol.

Update:

I also asked this in the police section, I can't get a straight answer on this, some say first at the stop sign, others say you always yield when turning left.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The car that stops first has the right of way. If both cars stop at exactly the same time, the right of way goes to whoever takes it.

  • State traffic laws vary from state to state, so you should check the traffic laws specific to your state. In general, however, the rule is order of arrival at the intersection or "first in, first out". So car A should go first, then car B goes. I'll try to explain.

    Let's say that there are four cars on each side of the intersection. Now Car A is the front vehicle in a line of four cars, and Car B is the first car in a row of four cars. Car A arrived at the intersection first. If Car A has right of way, then the other cars pass through the intersection in turns in an orderly fashion. If Car A does not have right of way, then Car A and the four cars behind Car A have to wait for Car B and all of the cars behind Car B (assuming they are all going straight) to go through the intersection.

    Assuming the intersection has a high level of traffic, this could mean an interminable amount of time waiting for Car A to have right of way, doesn't it? So, in general, flow of traffic dictates that the first car to the intersection has right of way. Car A should make a left turn, then Car B can progress through the intersection.

    In the case of Car A and Car B arriving at the intersection at the same time (or practically the same time), Car B should have right of way, due to his time going through the intersection being less than Car A's left turn. This is, in general, the form of traffic laws.

    Again, check your local laws.

  • Mark G
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The car that gets to the intersection first always has the right of way, turning or going strait.

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    Many people don't know because either a) they don't know how to drive, or b) they never learned the right of way rules.

    First off any car that has stopped at the intersection when another car approaches always has right of way, otherwise on extremely high volume intersection a car turning left would never get to go.

    Under multiple directional traffic circumstances it generally goes like this.

    Pedestrians.

    Traffic to the right.

    Traffic turning right or going strait.

    Traffic turning left.

    If for some ungodly reason in a four way all four cars come to a stop at the same time it usually comes down to a particular direction going first (N,S,E,W) this differs from place to place. Generally its the traffic going strait N/S goes, then strait E/W, then turning right with no conflict, then turning left.

  • 5 years ago

    Car A

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  • Jan
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    At a two way stop,the person going straight has the right of way. At a three way or four way stop,the person who gets there first has the right of way.

  • dawn
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Can someone tell me what is the correct answer for this question?

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