No disprespect mate, but I hope you don’t drive anywhere that I do. 😉
Both on the road and at the airport give way is an abbreviated form of ‘give right of way to’ in other words, let any other one go first.
1L.
Not really…
On the roads, traffic lights tell you to STOP for other traffic or pedestrians where the view isn’t sufficient or there is too much traffic for the driver to make a sound judgement.
Give way lines indicate that, if you proceed and there is an accident, it will be your fault. But it is up to the driver’s judgement whether or not it is safe to proceed.
On the taxiways, an aircraft is told to stop or hold position, and may not move off until it is given the “green light” to proceed. If it is told to give way then it may choose to slow right down and pass behind the second aircraft… but if the pilot’s view is limited then he might think the aircraft has passed before it actually has
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