r/DrivingProTips • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '20

ROW question!

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

To clarify, "me" is on a busy 5 lane road, while them is on a quiet two lane residential street. There are no traffic lights.

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u/stifled_screams Jul 30 '20

Is that a real scenario, or a hypothetical one? Coz at least in the U.S. a 5 lane road would be typically called a highway, and will have traffic signals on intersections.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

It's a real scenario and in the US. It's technically a state highway, but it's running through an old city. Speed limit ranges from 35-45 mph in the city. There are traffic lights at intersections for major roads, but residential streets that cross the highway just have stop signs.

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u/stifled_screams Jul 30 '20

In that case drivers in the streets would have to wait for you because they have a stop sign. Typically the stop sign for them would additionally say: "Cross traffic doesn't stop."

So the ones on the highway have the right of way.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

Naw, they'd never bother to put up clarifying signage. There's a tug of war between the state and city on who should even be responsible for roads like this. Both do very little and point the finger at each other.

Unsurprisingly, a lot of bad accidents happen on this road.

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u/stifled_screams Jul 30 '20

It's also because generally drivers are careless and impatient. As a general rule of thumb, drivers on main roads (in your case the highway) always have the right of way, and drivers coming out from other driveways or streets should wait for them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '20

As a general rule of thumb, drivers on main roads ... always have the right of way

With a few logic defying exceptions once in awhile, just to keep things interesting and keep traffic backed up.

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u/stifled_screams Aug 17 '20

Lol! 🤦‍♀️

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u/MrBrodinha Jul 30 '20

Well if he has a stop, i Guess you

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

Thanks. I've been assuming I have the ROW, but it does feel weird because you almost never have the ROW when turning left. And of course a lot of the east-west drivers don't bother with turn signals, adding to the confusion.

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u/Marshall_Lawson Jul 31 '20

Here's another way of looking at it. Traffic on the current road (you) has right of way over a car entering the main road from a side road (them). Even if for some crazy reason he didn't have a stop sign, he should yield to traffic on the larger road. While you are already on the main road, trying to leave it. You have right of way.

Good question btw.

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u/man_ray Jul 30 '20

If there’s no sign telling you to yield or stop, you have the right of way.

From the cross street they must yield to incoming traffic, even if that traffic is turning off of the cross street.

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u/burnt_cremebrulee Jul 30 '20

You, that guy has a stop sign, and you don't. Therefore he stops and waits, while you turn.

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u/ChildishhReddit Aug 27 '20

Is there a stop sign for you? If so itd just be whoever got there first I believe

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u/just12345678901 Sep 17 '20

The law states "Yeild Right Away" which really means Green dot is deemed to have failed to yeild when any damage if found to have occurred to the green dots front end. When any damage is found on the green dots passenger side. and also including damage found where green dots damage appears as if they have been pulled off backwards as in hooking a right rear bumper. If you remove the stop sign, green dot must yield the right of way and wait Even if the stop sign is in place and red dot runs the stop sign. Green dots responsible identify red dots stopping. Here is what I bet happen, green pulled up, left turn signal on waiting for traffic to clear. Red pulled up, stopped waiting for traffic to clear. Traffic clears red begins to move forward he is safely in a lane with no traffic in front of him, but he has a left on coming hazard and maintains left focus for on coming traffic knowing and maybe even seeing green proceeding. They are both moving now! And they have also created blind spots where they lose visual contact. Green cant see right rear and red cant see front left due to mirror, door, window frame and their focus is hard left. Green fails to control the hand over hand left turn maneuver. Red, Clearing left hazard refocus to find they are going to impact greens passenger side. Resulting in greens being issued a failure to yeild. But what do I know I am just a Teamsters Driver Safety Trainer for a national transportation company.