Questions / Everyday road skills
Answer first · reviewed August 2026
Who goes first at a four-way stop?
The first vehicle to stop generally goes first. If vehicles stop at the same time, yield to the vehicle on your right; turning movements also affect conflicts.
Make it practical
What to do
Track arrival order as you approach, not after everyone is already waving.
Easy to miss
The common trap
Accepting a wave without checking that another road user is also moving.
Turn knowledge into a habit
How to practise it
Name the hazard you are managing during practice, then repeat the decision in a different location. Good judgment should survive a new street name.
When a rule, road sign or examiner instruction conflicts with an internet tip, use the official rule and the safe decision. The internet has many talents; wearing a reflective examiner vest is not one of them.
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