Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

Ultimately it's incredibly frustrating when drivers don't follow the right of way laws.

Well, technically the law doesn't obligate the driver to go first, it only gives him or her the right to go first. So maybe it should be:

Ultimately it's incredibly frustrating when drivers don't follow take advantage of the right of way laws.

I mean....are you a lawyer? You sound like a lawyer.

The common understood meaning is that those with the right of way go first. There is probably nothing illegal about yielding the right of way, but it doesn't mean it isn't against the intended function of the system.

If you want to be specific, I might cross out the "laws" part of the second quote rather than adjusting the "follow" portion. Drivers aren't "taking advantage", they are simply acting in the expected AND intended manner.