Same time at right angles: left yields to right
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Two drivers at right angles stop at STOP signs at the same moment. Who must yield?
The rule
At an intersection with no signs or signals, or when two drivers at right angles reach STOP signs together, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.
When two drivers at right angles stop at STOP signs together, or meet at an intersection with no signs or signals, the driver on the left yields to the one on the right.
From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 34. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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