WATCH: Who Has The Right of Way at a 4-Way Stop?

It happens when the power goes out, and sometimes it seems to happen for no reason at all - traffic signals stop working and intersections become a 4-way stop. Who has the right-of-way?

Here's how driversed.com explains the rules of the road when it comes to a 4-way stop:

At an intersection without STOP or YIELD signs (uncontrolled intersection), slow down and prepare to stop. Yield to vehicles already in the intersection or entering it in front of you. Always yield to the car that arrived first. If you and another driver reach the intersection at the same time, yield if the car is on your right.

However, do not always insist on others going ahead of you. If another vehicle expects you to take your legal turn, you may delay traffic by stopping or slowing unnecessarily to allow another vehicle to go ahead of you.

At a four-way stop if two vehicles reach the intersection simultaneously, the vehicle on the left must yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.

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