I agree, in fact, I will do that as well. I will slow down slightly to be the 2nd to approach so it is clear that the other has the 'first go' position. I've seen young drivers speed up and slam to a stop to be first. I've only had to apply the 'one on the right goes first rule' on really busy 4stops when it is impossible to tell who got there first. Typically, it just rotates around in that case. There is always that one driver who decides that he :o) should go first no matter what though!


>>When I was in Europe, the 'right always has the right-a-way' drove me nuts. I couldn't figure out why if I was already on the main thoroughfare, I had to yield!
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>Because the main road wasn't marked as such. There should be the yield sign whenever a side road meets the main. The right-has-right applies among equals.
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>To non-Americans, the FIFO rule here that applies to the numerous four-way-stop-sign crossings sounds pretty impossible, but actually works because of the great discipline that American drivers show. I've seen people deliberately slowing more than they need to, so the order of approaching the crossing is clear and unambiguous - and I haven't seen more than a couple of cases where the FIFO order was broken by someone just stepping on it.