Four-way stops
A free practice question for the California permit test, with the answer explained.
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At a four-way stop, who goes first after everyone has stopped?
The rule
At a four-way stop, every driver makes a full stop. Then the first to stop goes first, and if two stop together, the one on the right goes first.
At a four-way stop, everyone stops fully. The first to stop goes first. If two stop together, the one on the right goes first.
From the California Driver Handbook, section 7, page 39. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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