<P> In many countries, the rules of the road are codified, setting out the legal requirements and punishments for breaking them . </P> <P> In the United Kingdom, the rules are set out in the Highway Code, which includes not only obligations but also advice on how to drive sensibly and safely . </P> <P> In the United States, traffic laws are regulated by the states and municipalities through their respective traffic codes . Most of these are based at least in part on the Uniform Vehicle Code, but there are variations from state to state . In states such as Florida, traffic law and criminal law are separate, therefore, unless someone flees a scene of an accident, commits vehicular homicide or manslaughter, they are only guilty of a minor traffic offense . However, states such as South Carolina have completely criminalized their traffic law, so, for example, one is guilty of a misdemeanor simply for travelling 5 miles over the speed limit . </P> <P> Vehicles often come into conflict with other vehicles and pedestrians because their intended courses of travel intersect, and thus interfere with each other's routes . The general principle that establishes who has the right to go first is called "right of way", or "priority". It establishes who has the right to use the conflicting part of the road and who has to wait until the other does so . </P>

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