NC · jury_instructions

N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270.90

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LANE CONTROL. INFRACTION.

activein force · 2019-06-01 – presentas-observed

NOTE WELL: This instruction is meant to serve as a

model of NC Gen. Stat. § 20-146, offenses for failure to

drive on the right side of the highway. For offenses

other than failure to maintain lane control this

instruction will need to be adapted for the offense

charged.

The defendant has been charged with failure to maintain lane

control.

For you to find the defendant responsible for this infraction, the

State must prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, that the defendant was the driver of a vehicle on a street or

highway.

Second, that the defendant was traveling on a street or highway

that had been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic.

Third, that the defendant failed to drive as nearly as practicable

entirely within a single lane of travel.

And Fourth, that before leaving the defendant’s lane of travel, the

defendant failed to ascertain that such a movement could be made in

safety.

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date, the defendant was the driver of a vehicle on a

street or highway, that the street or highway had been divided into two

or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, that the defendant failed to drive

as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane of travel, and that

before leaving the defendant’s lane of travel the defendant failed to

ascertain that such a movement could be made in safety, it would be

your responsibility 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. 270.90 (June 2019). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-146(d)(1). 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

Source: sog.unc.edu
Retrieved: 2026-09-25
Edition: 2026-09-24
Content hash: 6d74ed859ece9a9dd4f2901f2fef839b84d938d8d68edc03ab704001938ff584

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