NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 215.65
TOWED VEHICLES-ATTACHMENT; SNAKING.
The motor vehicle law provides that no [trailer] [semitrailer]
[(describe other towed vehicle)] shall be towed on a highway unless it is
firmly attached to the rear of the vehicle and unless it is equipped with
equipment in good condition so that the [trailer] [semitrailer] [(describe
other towed vehicle)] will not snake, but will travel in the path of the
towing vehicle.
A violation of [this law] [either of these provisions of law] is
negligence within itself.
(Where the operator puts at issue whether he knew or should
have known that the equipment was not in good working
order, or in other appropriate circumstances, the following
should also be given:)1
(However, the operator of a towing vehicle is not an insurer of the
adequacy of the [attachment] [anti-snaking equipment]. The existence
of a defect unknown to the operator, not reasonably discoverable upon
proper inspection and not resulting from the failure of the operator to
exercise reasonable care in use or maintenance of the equipment, would
not be a violation of this law and would not be negligence. On the other
hand, if the operator knew or in the exercise of reasonable care should
have known of the defect, or should have corrected the defect, then
towing with the defective [attachment] [anti-snaking equipment] would
be a violation of this law and is negligence within itself.)
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 215.65 (October 1988). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-123(b). 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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