WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Civil 1185
Right of Way: Green Arrow
The Wisconsin statutes define “right of way” as the privilege of the immediate use of
the roadway.1
The statutes further provide that vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal may enter
the intersection only to make the movement indicated by the arrow but shall yield the right
of way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the
intersection.2
[“Vehicular traffic,” includes any device in, upon, or by which persons or property
may be transported or drawn upon a highway. The term includes (bicycles) ( ).]
If you find that ( ) faced a green arrow signal before entry into the intersection,
then it became ( )’s duty to yield the right of way (to pedestrians lawfully within a
crosswalk at the intersection) (to other traffic lawfully using the intersection).
History
Wis JI-Civil 1185 (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
011f3989451a386d0d6c56f93908b8c182d961bc33aae5fbed5ca10390116f82
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