Ohio motor vehicle accident attorney, Scott Kuboff, discusses a driver’s duty to yield the right of way when making a left turn. This duty is found in R.C. 4511.42

Ohio has several statutes providing rules on the right of way. These statutes are designed to create clarity as to what vehicle may go and what vehicle must stop so as to not cause collisions. Right of way statutes make traffic flow predictable and our roadways safe. When making a left turn, R.C. 4511.42(A) provides "[t]he operator 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, whenever the approaching vehicle ... is within the intersection or so close to the intersection, alley, private road, or driveway as to constitute an immediate hazard.”

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