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"Right of way" in the UK means a legal right to use the road. Pedestrians have right of way on most UK roads (motorways being a notable exception). "Right of wa
by mrob 7y ago
"Right of way" in the UK means a legal right to use the road. Pedestrians have right of way on most UK roads (motorways being a notable exception). "Right of way" is sometimes used as slang for "right to proceed first when multiple road users are competing for the same part of the road", but the correct term for this, as used in the Highway Code, is "priority".
- chippy 7y agoJust to build on this, pedestrians have priority at marked pedestrians crossings of course but also outside of marked crossings when crossing a smaller road where a car is on a main road and is wanting to turn into the smaller road. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/using-the-road-159-to-203 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/using-the-road-... "Watch out for pedestrians crossing a road into which you are turning. If they have started to cross they have priority, so give way"
- mongol 7y agoIs "right of way" perhaps a naval term, primarily?
- twic 7y agoApparently not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Regulations_for_Preventing_Collisions_at_Sea#No_right-of-way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Regulations_for_...
- OJFord 7y agoThe confusion probably arises because we 'give way' to the higher priority traffic.
- 45ure 7y ago>"Right of way" in the UK means a legal right to use the road. Pedestrians have right of way on most UK roads(motorways being a notable exception) There are distinctions to be made, when it comes to 'Right(s) of way' but your bizarre and daredevil interpretation of what constitutes a legal route for pedestrians and the call to ignore common-sense road security, would only be considered by those who have a death wish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-of-way_(transportation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-of-way_(transportation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_way_in_England_and_Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_way_in_England_and_W... Countryside. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_Act_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ramblers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ramblers
- mrob 7y agoI said nothing about safety, and made no calls to action.
- 45ure 7y agoPedestrians have right of way on most UK roads(motorways being a notable exception Your open-ended statement implies that legging it across a road is fine, as long as it isn't a motorway. This is not a safe guidance for the uninitiated.