VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 12.070
Approaching Driver Has No Duty to Stop: Divided Highway
The driver of a vehicle approaching a school bus that is stopped for the purpose of [taking on;
discharging] children on the opposite side of a divided highway that is separated by [a physical
barrier; an unpaved area] may proceed without stopping if he uses ordinary care under the
circumstances.
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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