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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)

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_(transportation)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_way_in_England_and_W...

Countryside. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ramblers




I said nothing about safety, and made no calls to action.


Pedestrians 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.


It implies no such thing, and it is not guidance.


Your original statement was emphatic and conveys authority. Perhaps, I misinterpreted your riposte, as an intention to inform the reader.




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