At a four-way traffic stop, sometimes it’s a person’s turn to go, but that person waves for another vehicle to go first. This comment was posted on X/Twitter by Simon Holland on July 16, 2020 (and again on X/Twitter on March 4, 2024)::
     
“I love kindness unless it’s a person at a four way stop waving for me to go when it is clearly their turn.”
   
Other people have had similar feelings about four-way stops. “old lady you are not doing anyone any favors by waving me through on a four way stop when it is your turn to go” was posted on X/Twitter by Dimitri Lundquist on May 25, 2008. “A growing pet peeve is people waving me to go at a four-way stop when it definitely was their turn and not mine” was posted on X/Twitter by MKNZ on February 4, 2016. “There should be no hand waving at four-way stop signs- just follow the rules and go when it’s your turn! 🙄 #itsnotthathard” was posted on X/Twitter by Emily Alt on July 11, 2017.
           
 
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Dimitri Lundquist
@dimitribly
old lady you are not doing anyone any favors by waving me through on a four way stop when it is your turn to go.
1:33 PM · May 25, 2008
 
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Reid Gan
@ReidGan7
#IHateItWhenImDrivingAnd its clearly your turn to go at the four way stop and yet you’re waving me to go to be “polite”
1:41 PM · May 27, 2011
 
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MKNZ ⋈
@srslyMKNZ
A growing pet peeve is people waving me to go at a four-way stop when it definitely was their turn and not mine.
1:13 PM · Feb 4, 2016
 
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Adam Gardner
@AdamGardner1984
I promise, Atchison drivers, four-way stops aren’t as difficult as you make them out to be. Stop waving and just go when it’s your turn.
1:33 PM · Aug 11, 2016
 
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molly
@_mollyhedrick
Dear everyone in Kokomo,
Please stop waving me on at a four way stop. Just go when it’s your turn.
11:51 AM · Dec 21, 2016
 
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Emily Alt
@emilyterp
There should be no hand waving at four-way stop signs- just follow the rules and go when it’s your turn! 🙄 #itsnotthathard
8:22 AM · Jul 11, 2017
 
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John Burton
@johneburton
[RANT] When you approach a four way stop before other cars, don’t “be nice” by waiting for the others to go or by waving them on. IT’S YOUR TURN. GO. It’s so confusing and wastes so much time. [RANT OVER]
12:53 PM · Jul 9, 2018
 
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Dawn Marie
@DawnMarD_oh
Waiting at the four way stop while the woman on my left is insistantly waving other drivers through even though it’s her turn.
7:07 PM · Apr 17, 2019
 
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Jack Boot
@IamJackBoot
At the four way stop when a polite person just won’t take their fucking turn and keeps waving everyone else through and it just slows the whole process down. Four way stops in Canada must be a descent into hell.
6:03 PM · Apr 22, 2019
 
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Simon Holland
@simoncholland
I love kindness unless it’s a person at a four way stop waving for me to go when it is clearly their turn.
10:11 PM · Jul 16, 2020
 
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Simon Holland
@simoncholland
I love kindness unless it’s a person at a four way stop waving for me to go when it is clearly their turn.
8:08 AM · Mar 4, 2024