> That's different from the UK, where many car drivers feel the road is entirely theirs and anyone else shouldn't be on the road.

I'm not sure what happens elsewhere but in the UK we pay a vehicle tax (or excise duty), colloquially known as 'road tax'.

It's a common (misguided) belief that the roads are funded exclusively via this tax, hence the sense of entitlement.

Ref: Is there any such thing as 'road tax'? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23694438