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Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 3.7-21

Failure to Sound Horn

activein force · 2026-03-23 – presentas-observed

The plaintiff claims that the defendant failed to sound the motor vehicle’s horn prior to the

collision. A driver of a motor vehicle has a duty to use reasonable care to avoid injury to other

persons using the road. A driver has a duty to sound the horn prior to a collision to give warning

of that driver’s approach to other persons if a reasonably prudent person in the same

circumstances would do so.

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Retrieved: 2026-08-23
Edition: 2026-08-23
Content hash: 672c4f6ede3742718ca344008888043f34888102ff1bf13261eabce4be731ac4

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