I've been driving for 40 years. I still hate 4-way stops. In the late 70's in Connecticut, I was taught the first person to arrive goes first, followed by the

I've been driving for 40 years. I still hate 4-way stops. In the late 70's in Connecticut, I was taught the first person to arrive goes first, followed by the person to their right and so on. But there are so many holes with that heuristic itself! And putting aside guilt and anxieties of humans that prevent them from being assertive or committing--it's just a cluster fuck.* However, I have noticed that people are becoming more comfortable with zipper merging in major cities on both coasts, so if we could arrive at some consistent 4-way stop rule that's 1) succinct, and 2) easy to remember, I have hope. :) [* I'm referring to San Fran and the South Bay... but still better than my experiences driving through Italy and in Bengaluru!]