>priority is something to be given No this is a bad way to think of it (regardless of its the legal reasoning in the UK), and is what leads to unpredictable dr

>priority is something to be given No this is a bad way to think of it (regardless of its the legal reasoning in the UK), and is what leads to unpredictable driving behavior, which leads to accidents. You want the rules to be a deterministic as possible, from all perspectives. The idea that it's something to be given away is what causes drivers to "wave in" people out of turn, or have standoffs at stop signs because they won't go when it's their turn. Having "priority" should not be conflated with having license to delegate that priority to others. Which isn't to say you shouldn't do whatever is necessary to avoid accidents. But decisive and deterministic behaivior is what removes the ambiguity that often leads to those situations in the first place.