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Originally Posted by BrianL99
The number of completely erroneous and dangerous interpretations and opinions on this thread is mind boggling. Where did you folks learn how to drive? It's the same in EVERY state in the USA.
A vehicle turning right at a stop light or sign, never, ever, under any circumstances, has the Right of Way. They are at the mercy of any other traffic in the vicinity. Always.
Driving 101.
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Never under any circumstances - is 100% incorrect.
If I show up at a stop sign and I'm taking a right, and someone else comes to their stop sign opposite me, and they want to take a left (in the same direction I'm heading) - I have the right of way if we arrived at the same time, OR if I arrived first. If THEY arrived first, then they have the right and I have to wait. But we both have to stop, because we each have a stop sign.
If I'm taking a right, and someone is coming across the road from my left, and we both have a stop sign, and we both arrived at the same time, then I have the right of way. If they arrived first, then they have the right of way.
So no - not "never under any circumstances." There are LOTS of circumstances when the person taking a right has the right of way.