Each Friday morning I post a riddle to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain. If you are stumped, share it with a friend or colleague and see if you can figure out the answer together. Leave your guess in the comment section.
This week’s riddle: Four cars come to a four-way stop, each from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first and go forward simultaneously, but none crash into each other. How is this possible?
I’ll approve responses later in the day to allow people to respond without seeing any spoilers.


Someone beat me to the “rotary” answer – except I was going to call it a round-about.
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Both streets are at least 4 lanes wide and the four cars are all in the right lanes. As they start into the intersection at the same time, they miss each other, as the two (empty) middle lanes are at least 24 feet (12 feet wide each)
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They all make right-hand turns.
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They all made a right turn.
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They all turned right
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They are all turning right.
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if they’re in boston, having learned to drive there, all bets are off. anywhere else in america? they’re taking a right turn at the same time.
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The 4-way stop was a pedestrian light. They all proceed when they get their green light.
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They each take a right turn, avoiding each other
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They each take a right, thereby avoiding each other
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They each take a right, therefore avoiding each other
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It’s a rotary
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