Cab gets my vote by default

[Grahamm]

Look it up, I think you'll find that pedestrians have 'a right of way'.

"Right of way" simply means that someone is allowed to "Pass and re-pass" across a piece of land, ie they can do it repeatedly and do not need to ask for permission at any time.

The correct term is "priority", ie who gets to go first. At a roundabout, traffic from the right has priority, ie you're required to let it go first. If a pedestrian has set foot on a zebra crossing, they have priority and traffic must stop for them.

However, although you're not allowed to deliberately run them down, some idiot just stepping out into the road does *not* have priority and, if they get hit, may well be deemed to be at fault.