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Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 10.240
Driver’s Duty When Turning Left; Yielding Right-of-Way
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left has a duty to yield the right-of-way to any vehicle
approaching from the opposite direction that is so close as to constitute a hazard.
If a driver fails to use ordinary care to perform this duty, then he is negligent.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
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