Where's the Manual??

I was out driving the other day when I came across a 4-way intersection, and the signal lights were flashing red.

It's simple, folks. Flashing red = 4-way stop sign.

But people barely know how to react at a stop sign to begin with, so I suppose I was expecting too much when people didn't seem to know how to react to this strange sight. Is the light broken?? Do I wait here until they fix it?? What do I do?? Oh, now I wish I'd paid attention in Driver's Education. Where's the manual?

I lived through it, with of course no help from anyone else, who seemed to think they could just go whenever. Riding the bus looks increasingly better each day.