CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 3.7-19
Right to Assume that Others Will Obey the Law
A driver of a motor vehicle is entitled to assume that other drivers will obey the law. The driver
may thus assume that other drivers will obey all statutes governing the operation of motor
vehicles in this state and that they will use the care that a reasonably prudent person would use in
the same circumstances. The driver is allowed to make this assumption until the driver knows or
in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the assumption has become unwarranted.
Provenance
- Source
- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-23
- Edition
- 2026-08-23
- Content hash
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