how does one spell rightaway? that thing that pedestrians always have?

It's three separate words: right of way.

Right of way.

It means you have the right to pass.

But pedestrians do not always have the right of way. If they are crossing when it says "Don't Walk" they do not have the right of way.

A right of way also applies to real estate. A utility line that crosses a farm for example might entail a right of way on the part of the company or a neighbor who has been crossing your property to get to his might have estanlished a right of way.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/right%20of%20way

right of way

Do you mean Right of Way?

That would be right of way. Pedestrians don't always have it, unless they are in a marked crosswalk and going with the light.

It's right-of-way.

RIGHT OF WAY