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== Right-of-way ==
There are specific real-estate arrangements made to allow vehicles to travel from one place to another. The most common arrangements are public highways, where appropriately licensed vehicles can navigate without hindrance. These highways are on public land and are maintained by the government. Similarly, toll routes are open to the public after paying a toll. These routes and the land they rest on may be government-owned, privately owned or a combination of both. Some routes are privately owned but grant access to the public. These routes often have a warning sign stating that the government does not maintain them. An example of this are [[Byway (United Kingdom)|byways]] in [[England and Wales]]. In [[Scotland]], land is open to unmotorized vehicles if it meets [[Rights of way in Scotland|certain criteria]]. Public land is sometimes open to use by [[off-road vehicle]]s. On U.S. [[public land]], the [[Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM) decides where vehicles may be used.

Railways often pass over land not owned by the railway company. The right to this land is granted to the railway company through mechanisms such as [[easement]]. Watercraft are generally allowed to navigate public waters without restriction as long as they do not cause a disturbance. Passing through a [[Lock (water navigation)|lock]], however, may require paying a toll.

Despite the [[common law]] tradition ''[[Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos]]'' of owning all the air above one's property, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled that aircraft in the U.S. have [[Air rights|the right to use air]] above someone else's property without their consent. While the same rule generally applies in all jurisdictions, some countries, such as Cuba and Russia, have taken advantage of air rights on a national level to earn money.<ref>
{{cite news| title = Russia 'Blackmails' Lufthansa over Cargo Hubs| author = Daryl Lindsey| url = http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,515032,00.html| newspaper = Spiegel Online| date = 2 November 2007| access-date = 22 July 2011}}</ref> There are some areas that aircraft are barred from overflying. This is called [[prohibited airspace]]. Prohibited airspace is usually strictly enforced due to potential damage from espionage or attack. In the case of [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]], the airliner entered prohibited airspace over [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] territory and was shot down as it was leaving.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}