VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 10.266
Steady Amber Light
When faced with a steady amber light, it is the duty of a driver who has not already entered an
intersection, including crosswalks, to use ordinary care to stop if it is not reasonably safe to
continue.
[A driver who has already entered the intersection when the signal changes to amber shall continue to
move in the exercise of ordinary care until he clears the intersection.]
If a driver fails to perform [this duty; these duties], 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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