NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270.57
FAILURE TO DECREASE SPEED TO AVOID ACCIDENT (FAILURE TO SLOW DOWN). INFRACTION.
For you to find the defendant responsible for this infraction, the state
must prove six things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was operating a vehicle.1
Second, that the defendant was operating the vehicle on a highway2.
Third, that this vehicle collided with a [person] [vehicle] [(name other
conveyance)] which was on or entering this highway.
Fourth, that [a person] [property] was injured in this collision.
Fifth, that the defendant failed to reduce the speed of the defendant’s
vehicle as necessary3 to avoid the collision and injury.
And Sixth, that the defendant's failure to do so was a proximate cause
of this collision and injury.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant operated a vehicle on a highway and
that this vehicle collided with a [person] [another vehicle] [conveyance] that
was on or entering that highway at the time of this collision, that [a person]
[property] was injured in this collision, and that the defendant failed to reduce
the speed of defendant’s vehicle as necessary to avoid this collision and injury
and that defendant’s failure to do so was a proximate cause of the collision
and injury, it would be your duty to return a verdict of responsible. If you do
not so find, or have a reasonable doubt as to one or more of these things, it
would be your duty to return a verdict of not responsible.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270.57 (Replacement June 2020). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-141(m). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
Provenance
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- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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