I guess I can see how a four way stop might be confusing if you've never seen one before. We used to joke about a four way stop sign in a busy commerical area in Kuwait - we called it "the four way NO stop" because drivers just barreled right through as if it didn't exist. Of course the Middle East isn't known for it's good drivers, but that's another thread for another board.

In my home town in Colorado, some crazed developer has seen fit to introduce the city's first traffic circle in a shopping area east of town. The confusion and fender benders that thing has caused has forced the city to demonstrate proper traffic circle navigation on public television.

It's not that complicated!

Neil - you won't believe this but where my father lives at Goodna (near Ipswich here in Queensland) there is still actually a set of 4 way stop signs. I shake my head every time I have to go through them. Totally ridiculous!

I wonder if they are the last ones left here. I wonder why they are still there at all.

Things have changed in the past decade, but we here used to joke that the definition of eternity was a four way stop in Seattle. "You go". "No, you go." "No, really, you go." "No, I insist, after you." In theory, it's in order of arrival, and if two or more arrive at the same time it's the one on the right. In practice, it's whoever is angriest.