Having been brought up in the UK, I think this is one of the situations where we look at the rest of the world and think they are quite literally insane... Why

Having been brought up in the UK, I think this is one of the situations where we look at the rest of the world and think they are quite literally insane... Why would you not have right of way on public roads? Everyone is a pedestrian at the end of the day! That said, I found California's drivers surprisingly like those at home. What is also interesting about the UK is how the laws are balanced. UK: - no concept of "jaywalking". Pedestrians have right of way. - but no vehicular manslaughter/homicide laws. They even removed an old law called "reckless driving" due to being too hard to prove (it required proving state of mind). - there are only specific offenses while using a vehicle "causing death by dangerous driving", "causing death by careless driving while unfit through alcohol/over prescribed limit" and a few others.