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What order should these cars go in? (See link.)

Asked by Dutchess_III (46811points) August 13th, 2018

Here.

In the original #2 kinda sorta looked like it had a yield sign, but then again it didn’t look like a yield sign so I just played God and took it out. For #2 to have a yield sign seemed illogical anyway.

I think 2 should go first since she is going straight, then 3 just swings in behind her and and completes her turn, and 1 just has to wait for everybody because he has a yield sign.

What say you?

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KNOWITALL's avatar

Same as you, which is the lawful and legal way. 2–3-1

janbb's avatar

2,3, 1 No real debate about it.

Dutchess_III's avatar

The way some people drive it’s like, “Which ever car I’m in goes first! I always have the right of way!”

janbb's avatar

@Dutchess_III You sound like you’re channeling our friend Squeeky now!

rojo's avatar

Three, the other two have yield signs whether you like it or not. then two, then one

Dutchess_III's avatar

@Squeeky and I do think very much alike.

@rojo, I’ll post the original so you can see what you think. If you think that ambiguous thing translates to an illogical yield sign, then we will to start over. It looks more like a “no passing sign,” to me (which is illogical,) and it also looks like it has a bird on it. Here it is.

KNOWITALL's avatar

Ah, I thought that was a no right turn sign, not a yield…..hmmmmmm

Dutchess_III's avatar

I’ll go look again! It’s so ambiguous. That’s why I took it out…

Dutchess_III's avatar

I think you’re right @KNOWITALL. Look at the solid white lines on the street that #1 is on. That indicates a one way street. Good catch.

Dutchess_III's avatar

No wait! It can’t be a one way because #3 thinks he’s going to turn there! Or #3 can’t read.

Patty_Melt's avatar

2 goes first. That sign merely indicates there is a street to the right, as opposed to a four way intersection.
2 is thru traffic. 3 goes next, because turning from the major road, then 1, which is turning onto major from minor.

Dutchess_III's avatar

But the solid white line on the one street indicates a one way street.

Patty_Melt's avatar

In what universe? A solid white line only indicates seperate lanes.

Patty_Melt's avatar

The sign is an arrow pointing up, to indicate forward, and an arrow curved right, to indicate the street ahead.
Solid white lines are used to seperate lanes on lesser streets, where passing is not going to be an option, as an indication of a bicycle lane, and to mark pavement edge, usually on highways, and major multi-lane streets.

Dutchess_III's avatar

From This website

“White lines painted on the pavement indicate traffic traveling in your direction. Broken White Line: you may change lanes if it is safe to do so. Solid White Line: requires you to stay within the lane and also marks the shoulder of the roadway. YELLOW LINES mark the center of a two-way road used for two-way traffic.”

However, since it’s in black and white there is no such thing as color, because even the lines on the two way street are white.

Dutchess_III's avatar

When I was in college my boyfriend and I were heading someplace. We had spent the last 20 minutes on a 4 lane highway, 2 lanes in each direction.
Then it narrowed down to a two lane, one lane in each direction. Something told me that he hadn’t realized the shift.
I said, “You are on a two lane now.”
He said, “I am?”
I said, “Yeah. See the lines went from white to yellow. That means on coming traffic.”
He said he had no idea that the color of the lines actually meant something! My folks made me take driver’s ed in high school, even though I already had my licenses. Cheaper insurance. I remember much of what we were taught.

ScienceChick's avatar

You folks drive on the wrong side of the road, so I couldn’t even begin to guess.

snowberry's avatar

I assume this illustration is for vehicles in the US. I have no idea what sign shapes are like in other parts of the world.

The two triangle shaped signs are not the same.

The sign next to Vehicle number 2 is not a legitimate road sign in the US. It’s the wrong shape for the pennant “No Passing Zone”. The black spot on it sort of corresponds to a school crossing sign but the shape is wrong (that’s sort of a house shape). So the only legitimate road sign is the one for car number 1. That’s a yield sign.

So number 2 goes first, then number 3, then number 1.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_the_United_States

Zaku's avatar

2’s sign is the wrong shape and position to be a yield sign.

Even if somehow 2 had a yield or even a stop sign, he’s already advanced past that sign, so hopefully he yielded but is now in motion past the yield sign and about to enter the intersection driving straight, so 3 had better yield to him since he’s turning left and 2 is about to be in the middle of the intersection, so 2 has the right of way and 3 would be precipitating an accident if he turned into him. 1 of course needs to yield to both of them because of his yield sign.

raum's avatar

2, 3, 1

I think it’s a “junction with a minor side road” sign?

SQUEEKY2's avatar

2 then 3,then 1
2 is going straight so 3 and 1 have to wait for 2, then 3 who is turning off what appears to be a main road,and 1 has a yield sign so has to yield to 3.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

@janbb If you had seen half of what I have seen on the job you might realize why I go on so much,if I can just get a few to actually think about driving,instead of playing with a gadget and becoming distracted,it might make our roads a tad safer.

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