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Do we All Practice "Right of Stay?"

Sacbill

Sacbill

Hard Swinger
Got today's Urban Dictionary phrase "right of stay" in my inbox this morning, and I just couldn't help but think of SF.

Right of Stay:when two cars disregard the right-of-way guidelines they were supposed learn from a driver's manual when they were 16, resulting in both cars to remain motionless at an intersection assuming the other car will make the first move. Usually after about 1o seconds both cars will go at the same time which leads to a firestorm of profanity and/or an accident.

Right-of-stay
(At a four-way stop sign intersection)

Northbound Car: Is this person gonna go or what

Westbound Car: Is this person gonna go or what

Northbound Car: F***in' go dude

Westbound Car: F***in' go dude

Northbound Car: F*** this guy I'm going

Westbound Car: F*** this guy I'm going

Northbound Car: What the f*** is wrong with you motherf***er

Westbound Car: F*** you and your gay ass PT Cruiser a-hole

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Now playing on the Rock Show: Chris Whitley - She's Alright
 
lol:p

In that situation, I start moving long before that much swearing, but not before a little swearing.
 
I move after eye contact with the idiot that is supposed to go first, and say a few words to bless them as I drive thru the intersection. Had a security police on base the other day that was the first to a 4-way sign, and sat there and motioned for 4 other cars to go ahead of him.........
 
If I'm in my '67, I'll wait them out. No way I'm tempting them into a collision. I'll even hold both hand up as in 'I give up' to make the point.
 
On the Navy base where I nap...errr...work, there used to be a four-way stop intersection with pedestrian cross-walks. Of course, pedestrians had the right of way at all times. Since then, they have removed the four-way stop, and made it a two-way stop intersection and eliminated the pedestrian walk-ways. WTF? Anyway, I have to cross this intersection on foot at least 3-4 times a day. I stay on the sidewalk, looking both ways for traffic. I only venture out onto the pavement when there are no cars in either direction.

Sometimes while waiting for traffic to clear and standing on the sidewalk and off the pavement, folks stop their cars/trucks and wait for me to cross. I always motion for them to proceed, as they have the right-of-way. They always look dumb-founded when I do that, but I simply am not going to venture forth against a 2-3 ton vehicle.
 
A 4 way stop is much simpler out here in the country.

1st to go is the guy rid'n a horse, 2nd is the person in the family truckster, 3rd is the tractor hauler a baler and the Combine goes last cause he needs the whole road.

You city folks sure are funny :lol
 
What' the definition for the person that motions for me to go forward, then also drives into the intersection, and looks at me like I'm the DB. Drives me crazy.
 
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