My understanding is that if two vehicles arrive at the intersection at the same time the vehicle on the right has right of way. If one vehicle arrives at the intersection ahead of the other, that vehicle has right of way. What confuses this somewhat is the Minnesota Drivers Manual (July 93) says "at about the same time". Determining "arrival at the same time" requires both parties to be paying attention to what is happening around them and the application of mature judgment. At an intersection controlled by a stop sign, vehicles have arrived at the intersection at the same time when both have made a legal stop at the intersection at the same moment. Any one who has traveled through the Sarnia/Huff intersection knows there are many people driving in Winona who do not apply this rule correctly. Glen Schumann Winona, MN [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> H: 507.454.3056 W: 507.453.3567 W FAX: 507.454.1440 Visit my Family Home Page: <http://www.hbci.com/~gschuman/home.htm> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carole Madland Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 8:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Winona] Unmarked intersections [Winona Online Democracy] Can anyone help me? This town is full of unmarked intersections. I always believed that at such intersections one has to give the right of way to the person on the right. However, if I drove with that in mind, I would have had many accidents since many cars just plow on through even though I am on their right. So is there a law I am unaware of? Also, if it is the case that I am correct, could their be a community effort or campaign (most likely done by the police) to better educate Winona drivers? For example, could newspapers, the posting of notices, radio, and television all be used to remind people of the legal way such intersections should be handled when driving through them? I had never lived anywhere where there were unmarked intersections. So when I first moved here I came close to several accidents. How many newcomers, including college students, have the same experience? I have had several college students over the years who have had accidents because of these unmarked intersections. Ideas? Comments? Thanks, Carole Madland ===== "Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers." -- Grossman's Misquote __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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