People seem to do this differently, sometimes one car at a time, sometimes two or three in each direction? We were sitting in line about 6 cars back, and there were cars just beginning to come down the hill on the other side. AS soon as the first got to the bottom, someone on my side stopped and let them through. Shouldn't they have to sit for a minute first, and let some traffic clear on the other side?
2006-07-28 02:31:36 · 4 answers · asked by lschotto 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
If it's a short bridge, treating it as an all-way stop and going one at a time is appropriate. If however the bridge is very long, then doing this can take a long time to clear traffic. So it's usual for more than one car to proceed at once, crossing as a group. Any cars arriving at that side after the group ahead is already on the bridge should stop and wait. Once the group is clear, the other side sends a group over, etc. Since one-lane bridges are generally in low traffic areas (at least in North America), then the groups coming across should be pretty small, say 3-5 cars at most. If there were a rare situation of a long bridge with a lot of traffic, then some local etiquette should be applied to how many cars per group can cross at once. In these cases, the municipality should really install traffic lights on the bridge.
As an extreme example of "long bridge", I'm thinking of the Hartland Covered Bridge in New Brunswick, Canada. It's single lane, and 1282 feet (world's longest covered bridge). If the cars crossed it one at a time, people would wait forever. Instead they go in groups. It has stop signs on both ends. If you arrive at the stop sign and your group has already left, you have to sit and wait.
2006-07-28 12:53:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is the same as if power goes out and you are at a traffic light.
It becomes a 2 or 4 way stop sign. Should go 1 from each side. Those that pile up and go 3 at a time are those that have no clue what basic driving laws are or are just so rude they don't care.
If one side has 16 cars deep and other has 6 deep, it still goes 1 per side as a stop sign would.
2006-07-28 09:42:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe if you coul find out who the bridge belongs to first and then have them put up a red/green traffic light on each side. Yellow is NOT needed. Well that is the way it works on one local bridge in the state that I live in. Also, this may be affect by local and state traffic laws.
2006-07-28 09:37:16 · answer #3 · answered by thepolishdude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were being polite
its kinda like a 4 way stop you take turnes
or you can go by the rule biggest car wins
2006-07-28 09:39:20 · answer #4 · answered by mobile auto repair (mr fix it) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋