u/ScurvyTurtle

It feels like everytime I drive anywhere, at least once I am going to come to an intersection last, and someone will try to wave me through to go first. I've come to the conclusion that attempting to be "nice" and waving someone through at an intersection can be more dangerous because it confuses people.

"Are you really letting me go first? Okay.. I gues I'll g- oh.. you're going now. Okay... well shit now I've got my nose out in the intersection."

Today I came to a 4-way stop second, and the first person there, whose turn it was to go, waved person number 3 through the intersection first. Myself and 3 were confused and 3 just sat there, understandably, while 1 tried to wave them through. So I just went.

Stop trying to be "nice." Be predictable. Follow the rules of who has right-of-way. First person there goes first. Ties go to vehicle to the right, or if 2 vehicles come head on, tie goes to the vehicle going straight over one making a left turn. Deviating from that just confuses other people and then you get the awkward "me? No, you? Oh, me? Okay. Oh, you." It's like walking into someone in a hallway and going left-right-left as you're about to walk into each other, but with 2ton hunks of metal.

Edit: there are totally acceptable instances where waving someone through when it's not their turn is actually better. Like if a motorcycle arrives second, I'll wave them through because it's harder for them ti stop and balance and put a foot down and they can clear the way faster. Same with when I'm towing or driving a big vehicle, I'll wave others through.

Personally, I'm also frequently driving a kid to sleep late at night and am driving like 15mph at 2am through neighborhoods. I try to arrive last at an intersection so no one is behind me, I don't have to deal with their brights.in my eyes or waking the kid, and I don't inconvenience anyone by driving slow. But still people try to match me and arrive "last" to the intersection or wave me through first. I just sit there until they actually go like they're supposed to.

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What is so difficult for people that arrive first at a 4-way stop to actually go first?