Friday, August 5, 2011

Scenario - I need Opinions

First of all, I will be linking this to Facebook so if you don't want to comment on my blog.. feel free to comment on my Facebook if you have my Facebook account.

SCENARIO BASIS: A four way intersection with four way stop signs and a car at every stop sign.

For added emphasis so this does not get confusing we are going to say that the car facing North is RED, the car facing East is GREEN, the car facing South is BLUE, and the car facing West is White. The colors don't matter but are for illustrative purposes only.

Now, the Blue, Red, and Green cars are all going straight and the White car is going left. Now according to what we learn in drivers ed and also in Traffic School (for those of us who got too many tickets when we were younger) We know that it really does not matter which direction you are going as long as you get to the stop sign first then you have the right-of-way regardless of what direction you are traveling.

In this scenario the Red car arrives the same time as the White car with the Blue and Green cars getting to their respective stops sign a couple seconds after.

The White car knowing that if he gives the signal for the other car to proceed that he is next to proceed.

We know the White car which is turning left has the right-of-way. However, the Blue car seeing that the Red car is proceeding he knows that no cars other than him can proceed until the Red car clears the intersection, so the Blue car proceeds. The White car in a rage hurries and makes the left turn and tailgates the Blue car while honking all the way through the intersection. The White car then follows the Blue into a parking lot while tailgating it until the Blue car stops. The White car drives out of the parking lot and leaves.

OK.... READY FOR THE QUESTIONS? I really want your opinion.

1. Is the Blue car in the wrong since him proceeding didn't actually hinder any other cars in their travel?
2. Do you think the Blue car was actually hindering the other cars?
3. Was the White car justified in its action?
4. If you were the Blue car would you have done the same thing?
5. If you were the White car would you have done the same thing?

Thanks in advance for your replys.... again, please comment below or on facebook. Thanks

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