Colorado § 42-4-702 - Vehicle turning left.

§ 42-4-702. Vehicle turning left.

The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2346, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-602 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-702 was relocated to § 42-4-802.

ANNOTATION

Annotator's note. Since § 42-4-702 is similar to § 42-4-602 as it existed prior to the 1994 amending of title 42 as enacted by SB 94-1, relevant cases construing that provision have been included with the annotations to this section.

The evidence clearly disclosed negligence on the part of defendants in making left turn and failed to show any contributory negligence on the part of driver of plaintiff's car which would bar recovery. Thoen v. Pub. Serv. Co., 112 Colo. 126, 146 P.2d 349 (1944).

Sufficient evidence of contributory negligence to take issue to jury. Where the defendant testified that no vehicle was within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard and that he was therefore entitled to the right-of-way as he proceeded to make his left turn, and where plaintiff testified that defendant turned directly in front of him and plaintiff had the right-of-way, there is evidence in the record from which the jury might find that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent, and the issue of contributory negligence should have gone to the jury. Eagan v. Maiselson, 142 Colo. 233, 350 P.2d 567 (1960).