Rules of Navigation - The laws of navigation written to prevent accidents and collisions, including right of way, lights, pennants, and whistle signals
The Inland and International Navigation Rules for the prevention of collision at sea.
the laws of navigation at sea that bear on safety and the avoidance of collision
That portion of a vehicle law which contains regulations governing the operation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Theoretically, to improve safety and efficiency, these are uniform for a large area. If laws are different in different jurisdictions good drivers in one place can become dangerous simply by crossing a a political boundary. Among the important tasks of the rules of the road is to eliminate ambiguity. In every traffic situation the combination of facility design and traffic laws should make it unambiguous who has the right-of-way.