Opinion ID: 413201
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Heading: Jury instructions on stopping

Text: 6 Defendant contends that the court failed to instruct the jury that there was a duty on Phyllis Willingham to see that it was safe to stop on the highway preparatory to or as part of her execution of a left turn. Defendant requested in writing this instruction: 7 I charge you that, if Plaintiff Phyllis W. Willingham attempted to turn left without first ascertaining that it was reasonably safe to do so, then such failure was negligence upon her part and, if it contributed to proximately cause the accident, it would be a bar to any recovery by the Plaintiffs based upon any prior negligence of the Defendant. 8 The court gave the following instructions on the duties incumbent on Phyllis relating to making a left turn: 9 Alabama law provides that no person shall turn a vehicle to enter a private driveway or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety, also that a signal of intention to turn left by extended hand and arm or mechanical signal shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning. If the Defendant has reasonably satisfied you by the evidence that the Plaintiff, Phyllis Willingham, violated either of these provisions such violation would be negligence as a matter of law and if it proximately contributed to the collision between Defendant's vehicle and her automobile, neither Plaintiff would be entitled to recover unless the Plaintiff has reasonably satisfied you by the evidence that Defendant's driver was guilty of subsequent negligence. (T. p. 301). 10