Talk:Right of way (shipping)

Note proposing deletion 2008
This is wrongly titled translation of poor quality article. I propose to delete, as is small part of International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. pl:Ciacho5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.253.138.235 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion November 2017
According to my Oxford Dictionary of (British) English, right of way is the legal right of a pedestrian, vehicle, or ship to proceed with precedence over others in a particular situation or place (emphasis mine).

Proposal for deletion per 21-Nov-2017 is motivated:
 * This stub is in poor English,  – Not a ground for deletion: let's improve it.
 * it is unclear in what it is trying to say – Ditto: let's improve it some more.
 * and uses a term which navigational textbooks never use. There is no "right of way", the reg[ulation]s only refer to a "stand-on" vessel (see rule 17). – It is a widely used term, and Wikipedia uses it too. The general public would know, and look up, right of way, and be completely unfamiliar with stand-on vessels.

The article needs work. Keep and improve.

Best, Superp (talk) 16:58, 21 November 2017 (UTC)


 * There seems no evidence for the use of the term "Right of way" as including the broad scope claimed by this unsourced stub ("... and all of the rules of being a sailor"), so I have redirected it to the relevant section at International_Regulations_for_Preventing_Collisions_at_Sea. Pam  D  23:20, 27 November 2017 (UTC)