I only really learned one thing: to eviscerate the notion of 'right of way' from my mind. I happen to agree that we should get rid of that idea, all of us. We replace it with the idea of 'usually of way' or 'sometimes of way.' It's less certain, it encourages us all to be more careful.
Too many times, I have seen people, arrogant people, seemingly plow straight ahead and narrowly missing a turning vehicle or someone merging or whatever, all because of the idea that they had the 'right of way' and NO ONE was going to tell them different.
An example: it may be true that by convention the driver attempting to make a left, should wait for the oncoming drivers to pass first but that driver needs to be alert too that drivers making turns sometimes misjudge.
Too many times, I have seen people, arrogant people, seemingly plow straight ahead and narrowly missing a turning vehicle or someone merging or whatever, all because of the idea that they had the 'right of way' and NO ONE was going to tell them different.
An example: it may be true that by convention the driver attempting to make a left, should wait for the oncoming drivers to pass first but that driver needs to be alert too that drivers making turns sometimes misjudge.
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