NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270.65
FAILURE TO STOP FOR BLUE LIGHT AND SIREN (APPROACHING LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE). MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with failing to stop for an
approaching law enforcement vehicle displaying a blue light and sounding a
siren.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove six things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was operating a vehicle. (Describe vehicle) is
a vehicle.
Second, that the defendant was doing so on a highway. (Describe
highway) is a highway.
Third, that while the defendant was doing so, a law enforcement
vehicle approached.2 A (describe law enforcement vehicle) is a law
enforcement vehicle.
Fourth, that the law enforcement vehicle was displaying a blue
warning light.3
Fifth, that the law enforcement vehicle was also sounding a siren4
audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet.
And Sixth, that the defendant [did not immediately drive his or her
vehicle to a position as near as possible and parallel to the right hand [edge]
[curb] of the highway, clear of any intersections, and stop] [after stopping
properly, did not remain in that position until [otherwise directed by a
[police] [traffic] officer] [the (describe vehicle) had passed].]5
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant was operating a vehicle on a highway,
that while the defendant was doing so a law enforcement vehicle approached
displaying a blue warning light and sounding a siren audible under normal
conditions from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet, and that the
defendant [did not immediately drive his or her vehicle to a position as near
as possible and parallel to the right hand [edge] [curb] of the highway, clear
of any intersections, and stop] [after stopping properly, did not remain in
that position until [otherwise directed by a [police] [traffic] officer] [the
(describe vehicle) had passed], it would be your duty to return a verdict of
guilty. 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 guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270.65 (June 2013). N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 20-157(a), 20-125. 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.
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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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