> the only time you ever use it is to call attention to avoid an immediate accident.

It’s taught this way in the US as well, although it’s pretty often used to express anger.

> the "get out of my way" entitlement of drivers is very apparent.

Here the universities have the “car is a guest in the pedestrian’s space “ feeling but a lot of cities don’t (which was pretty dangerously confusing to me after a few years of college.)