Yup, size matters. It reminds me of this:
The
Law of Gross Tonnage is an accepted nautical convention that when a sea-going vessel has the
right-of-way as established by the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), it should nonetheless give way when faced with a larger vessel. This law is regularly invoked in non-maritime situations, such as when a bicyclist with the
right-of-way invokes the
Law of Gross Tonnage to avoid the Sport Utility Vehicle (
SUV) that is about to cut them off.
The heavier vessel always has the
right-of-way. There is no explicit directive in maritime regulations or law for the the
Law of Gross Tonnage other than it is common sense that giving way and being alive is usually better than forcing one's
right-of-way and being dead.