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Wis JI-Civil 1354
Turn or Movement: Ascertainment that Turn or Movement Can Be Made with Reasonable Safety: Lookout
A safety statute provides that no person shall (turn his or her vehicle at an intersection)
(turn into a private road or driveway) (turn from a direct course or move right or left upon
a roadway) unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.
This statute requires the driver of the turning vehicle to use ordinary care to make an
efficient lookout. This calls for the driver to use ordinary care to determine the presence,
location, distance, and speed of any vehicle that might be affected by the driver’s turn or
movement. After having made these observations, the driver must also use reasonable
judgment in calculating the time required to safely turn or move without interfering with
other vehicles within or approaching the vehicle’s course of travel.
History
Wis JI-Civil 1354 (7/2023). Release No. 55. Wisconsin Court System, 7/2023. 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
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