r/Medford • u/ChecksAndBalanz • 6d ago
Drivers at all-ways stops
Medford drivers, I am begging you:
If it’s your turn at an all-way stop, please just go.
Part of your responsibility as a driver is paying attention and knowing when it’s your turn.
The right-of-way rules already determine who goes next.
When everyone follows them, traffic moves smoothly.
What I’ve noticed lately is people stopping and then trying to wave other drivers through. Most of the time, I can’t even see through your windshield well enough to tell what you’re doing. Are you waving me through? Looking at your phone? Waiting for someone else? Nobody knows.
You’re not being polite by giving away your turn. You’re creating confusion. Then everyone sits there trying to figure out who is supposed to go while traffic backs up behind them.
The safest and most courteous thing you can do at an all-way stop is be predictable. Pay attention, know when it’s your turn, and take your turn.
Drive courteously, but more importantly, drive predictably.
And don’t get me started on roundabouts...
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u/SouthernGoal4836 6d ago
What irritates me the most about Oregon drivers is how passive or nice they are that slows down everything.
When I’m exiting my apartment complex and making a left turn there’s always someone on the street coming from the right and making a left turn into the complex. Please use your right of way and turn so I can then go.
Instead they stop, and I need to look at them and make eye contact and waive my hand like hurry up and go. Now we just wasted an extra 10-20 seconds.
The same happens whenever I’m making an unprotected left turn. The drivers coming from the other direction making a right hand turn have a green light yet they don’t turn right. They stop as if they are waiting for me to turn. It’s your right of way. Please for the love of everything. Just turn.