NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 205.65
COMMON LAW DUTY TO SOUND HORN IN PASSING.
The law2 requires the operator of a vehicle to sound his horn when
overtaking and passing another vehicle if, under the same or similar
circumstances, a reasonably careful and prudent operator would have
done so.
(The operator must sound his horn in a timely manner, that is, the
operator must sound his horn in reasonable time to afford the operator
ahead an opportunity to avoid injury or damage.3)
Thus, when one overtakes and attempts to pass a vehicle traveling
in the same direction, without (timely) sounding the horn when a
reasonably careful and prudent operator under the same or similar
circumstances would have done so, such failure would be negligence.4
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 205.65 (February 1989). 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
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