https://xkcd.com/2932

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This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.

  • Tedrow@lemmy.world
    22·
    7 months ago

    Just don’t wave anyone. Seriously, like the image says, the right of way is not yours to give.

    • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
      71·
      7 months ago

      technically the right of way is something that MUST be yielded to you. a traffic light cannot grant you ROW if someone is barreling through it. the light only guides who should yield it.

      the issue with the waver in this comic is that, while they are yielding ROW for their own lane, there’s four other fucking lanes that they cannot control

    • FareshEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      I don’t have a driver’s license, so I’m not knowledgeable in the topic, but aren’t there situations where the decision is deferred to the drivers? For example when 4 drivers of the same class arrive at an intersection without signage at the same time, with each having one of the other drivers to their right, with all of them wanting to go straight ahead, with none of them being a tiebreaker.

      • Tedrow@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        Certain circumstances, yes. The comic depicted is not a four way stop. The person turning onto the road does not have right of way over someone turning left onto their street.