"Kim W5TIT" wrote in message
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But I liken it to the same thing as someone who is at an
intersection with others--in Texas it is common (though I would venture to
say illegal) that the first person at a stop sign goes first. This
practice
ignores all right-of-way laws I learned when I was learning to drive, but
it
is common practice. So, do I part from common practice and keep sitting
at
a stop sign, waiting for the person going straight to go through the
intersection before I take my turn?

The typical law in the states that I am familiar with is that at a 4 way
stop says that the person arriving at the stop first goes through the
intersection first. If two or more vehicles arrive simultaneously, the one
furthest to the right in the circle goes first (i.e. the person who has no
vehicle immediately to his/her right at the intersection). If four arrive
simultaneously, well there's no rule for that and someone has to take the
courteous route of gesturing the cross traffic across before taking their
turn.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE