WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Civil 1170
Right of Way: Blind Pedestrian on Highway
The Wisconsin statutes define “right of way” as the privilege of the immediate use of
the roadway.1
The statutes further provide that a operator of a vehicle must stop the vehicle before
approaching closer than 10 feet to a pedestrian carrying a cane or walking stick which is
white in color or white trimmed with red and which is held in an extended or raised position
and shall take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the
pedestrian. The fact that the pedestrian may be violating any of the laws applicable to
pedestrians does not relieve the operator of a vehicle from the duties imposed by the rule
just stated.2
If you find that (pedestrian) was carrying a cane or walking stick identified by the
specified colors and extended or raised in position, then it became the duty of (operator) to
stop the vehicle before approaching closer than 10 feet to (him) (her) and to take such
precautions as might be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the pedestrian.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1170 (2022). Release No. 53. Wisconsin Court System, 2022. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
c277952550ccf079cdf05fa845db90da0ae391db5c6a9e9a0af0d0b22910c91f
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