How do you know that nobody else is around? Coming to a full stop is how you check for sure. That’s the point.
At intersections without “STOP” or “YIELD” signs, slow down and be ready to stop
Like I said, those are actually very rare outside of extremely rural places. There will almost always be a control on the minor street. Either a yield sign or a stop sign.
Many states require a full stop at any uncontrolled intersection, even if in practice this is not what people do.
Some states only technically require the full stop at a previously controlled intersection where the controls have failed (e.g., a stop sign has blown over or a traffic light is malfunctioning). In those cases, it is technically legal to proceed without coming to a complete stop if there are no other visible cars. It is also dangerous and inadvisable.
T intersections are a special case in that there is an implicit control (in most states) on the terminating road, allowing traffic on the through-road to drive without stopping and with total right-of-way. Many states require drivers approaching a T intersection from the terminating road to come to a complete stop in all cases.
State laws vary to a terrifying degree. But I can say that in Michigan, I was taught specifically to stop at any uncontrolled 4-way (or more) intersection in all cases without exception. I was taught to treat any uncontrolled T intersection as though there were a stop sign on the terminating road.
Edit: I read some actual state laws and in some cases it is literally not clear what to do. They are all written COMPLETELY differently. There are conflicting explanations of these rules for some states. I’m glad I live in New York.
Fuck California, that’s terrifying. 
I know in Arizona a full stop is the law.
Yeah, when we moved to Oregon, my partner had issues keep up with differences. While they were raised mostly here, they only ever drove in Georgia. I had the good fortune of getting used to driving throughout the East Coast, which helped me get accustomed to wildly different definitions on things. It gets even more fun when you step slightly outside driving rules and into vague bits around driver safety, like how having a diabetic episode while driving in GA could be considered a DUI (felony and all unless you get a reasonable judge) but just reckless driving in FL.
Do people in your dreams wear face-masks?
I don’t usually remember my dreams, but I remember the last one I had tonight. I was hanging out in my LGS like very common, and discussed some MtG stuff with friends while sorting through boxes of cards. However, something repeatedly happened in the dream where I repeatedly noticed that I wasn’t wearing a facemask and put one on, only for a couple of minutes (in dream time) to realize again that I wasn’t wearing one and putting one on. It didn’t turn the dream into a nightmare or anything, I just found it weird, and when I woke up I realized that I am now at the point where I dream of people in facemasks, at least in a context where facemasks would be helpful.
My wife and I have had similar dreams (which have all generally been nightmares) for a while now. It’s not every time, but they crop up about once a month.
I used to go to a yearly conference for work (obviously canceled this year) which would take place in crowded hotels. My dream is always that I’m there and no one is wearing masks, not even me. I suddenly realize that only to discover I don’t have one for myself either and then I’m freaking out trying to get out of there. Rarely it’ll be some other crowded place but for some reason, it’s usually in the hotels. My wife and I have talked about it and determine that this the new version of the “going to school without your pants on” nightmare.
I actually just had one of those dreams last night too. I was on vacation somewhere and stopped into a crowded shopping district. I noticed that no one at all was wearing masks, and I started panicking because I left mine at home and I couldn’t find anyplace that sold one.
No, but I’ve been dreaming about the house I grew up in, which means “before this ordeal” so masks wouldn’t “fit”.
Don’t forget jug handles!
Having worked in NJ every once in awhile commuting in during the holidays you see some poor SOB stopped mid intersection blocking traffic trying to make an illegal and potentially deadly cross traffic left turn.
The NJ ones are terrifying nightmares bolted on to existing roads. The confusion they cause is a design flaw.
The NJ ones were mostly retrofitted onto existing roads. There is no central median. They are an ugly hack. They are deeply pedestrian-unfriendly. Studies show that jughandles do not have the same safety advantages as in-median turnarounds.
Meanwhile, the “Michigan Left” always is built into the road by design, using a central median. All turnarounds are the same basic structure.
Below is the most complex one of them can possibly get. That little extra road outside the median is to handle situations where the median is too narrow for a normal “Michigan Left.”
Usually, they’re more like this:
My experience, at least in South jersey, is you overwhelmingly see the type C (from my image) at larger intersections where 2 state routes intersect or the Type A for where a minor/local road crosses a state road.
Both of which are actually safe to use, but people from out of state don’t realize / misfollow GPS instructions and wind up in some dangerous situations.
If this keeps happening, then they are not safe.
Why would anyone not from New Jersey and not familiar with New Jersey have any reason to think there are strange traffic patterns there? Why would they expect that roads there work in a fundamentally different way?
The “dangerous situations” are caused by the traffic pattern. Most of the blame falls on the user experience of the traffic pattern itself, not the drivers.
I’ve lived in MA my entire life and seen my fair share of atrocious driving. Jughandles B and C looks like death traps to me. And A just seems like a bad alternative to having good traffic lights.
Not a defense of the design, I also agree just have normal interactions or build overpasses would be safer for everyone. I guess I was just saying that the traffic patterns/driving that A and C require you to do are in themselves safe, but not making comment on the safety of the wider environment of all drivers using them.
Long shot here: @SkeleRym @Apreche do either of you have a copy of your pax prime panel “Discover the forgotten masters” from PAX Prime 2011. You have highlights of them on your channel but not the entire panel
I’ll have to check the archive. The lighting and audio was really bad for that one, so we cut it down to publish and recorded it in segments…
Who the hell is in charge of KFC’s marketing?
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You just saw an ad for A Recipe for Seduction, didn’t you?
Or it’s the KFConsole, or something else. Who knows these days.