Four-Way Stop Etiquette

 

I have gotten an education on human nature at the four-way stop here at Boynton Drive and Three Notch Road.  Theoretically, the first one to the intersection has the right of way.  Theoretically.  But when a car crosses the intersection, the opposite two cars are both sitting waiting for their turn.  And usually, the kinder person lets the other person go first.  Usually, the bigger SUV’s assume that they should go before the little Hyundai’s.  Big Tahoe’s are snooty and feel they should always go first.  Cautious folk with a nice car usually let me go first because I have nothing to lose in my dinged-up old ‘02 pick-up truck.  Hey, how do you treat your fellow man as you travel life’s way?  Are you kind to the other person?  Do you let others go first?  Paul said in Philippians 2:3, “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”  I understand that someone has to go first at the four-way stop, but does it always have to be you?  Think about it.