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Wis JI-Civil 1175
Right of Way: Entering Highway from an Alley or Nonhighway Access Point
The Wisconsin statutes define “right of way” as the privilege of the immediate use of
the roadway.1
The statutes further provide that the operator of a vehicle entering a highway from an
alley or from a point of access other than another highway shall yield the right of way to
all vehicles approaching on the highway which the operator is entering.2
The word “entering” means going or moving into.
The phrase “point of access” means a place where an entry can be made onto a
highway.
A vehicle is said to be approaching the point where the entry on a highway is to be
made when it is not so far distant the entry point that, considering the rate of speed at which
it is traveling, it would be reasonable to assume that a collision would occur if the operator
of the vehicle intending to enter the highway undertakes to do so and operates a vehicle
across or into the path of the oncoming vehicle.
If you find that the vehicle on the highway was approaching the place where the entry
onto the highway was to be made, then it became the duty of the operator entering the
highway to yield the right of way to the vehicle on the highway.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1175 (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
17a720b82e4c52e9e1c0065a7a38cc556c497017a6af786667c673dd0fae148e
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