Arizona Revised Statutes
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-772 (2026)
Vehicle turning left at intersection
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The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle that is approaching from the opposite direction and that is within the intersection or so close to the intersection as to constitute an immediate hazard.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1958–2021 · leading case: Smith v. Johnson, 899 P.2d 199 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995).
Smith v. Johnson, 899 P.2d 199 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995). “A.R.S. § 28-772. “[A] breach of a statute intended as a safety regulation is not merely evidence of negligence but is negligence per se.”
Kelch v. Courson, 439 P.2d 528 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1968). “INSTRUCTIONS RE NEGLIGENCE The plaintiffs complain both of a failure to give an instruction to the jury that the defendant Andrews was guilty, as a matter of law, of negligence for violating A.R.S. § 28-772 [1] and of an instruction submitting to the jury the question of whether…”
Gibson v. Boyle, 679 P.2d 535 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). “See A.R.S. § 28-772. [5] A.R.S. § 28-692 was amended by Laws 1978, ch.”
Kelch v. Courson, 447 P.2d 550 (Ariz. 1968). “1 to the effect that defendant was guilty of negligence as a matter of law, because of having violated A.R.S. § 28-772. Their objection in the trial court was on the ground that “it is a proper statement of law and has application to the facts in the case.”
State of Arizona v. Vivek a Patel, 486 P.3d 188 (Ariz. 2021). “The State countered that the limitation 1 The enumerated statutes in 2017 set forth at subsection (A) consisted of: (1) § 28-645(A)(3)(a), obeying a red light; (2) § 28-729, proper travel within a lane; (3) § 28-771, yielding at an intersection; (4) § 28-772, yielding while…”
Thompson v. Quandt, 321 P.2d 1012 (Ariz. 1958). “1939 (now A.R.S. § 28-772) provides that a driver intending to turn to the left shall yield the right of way to vehicles approaching from the opposite direction which are within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard and all other approaching…”
State v. Shumway, 672 P.2d 944 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). “Defendant requested that the jury be instructed in accordance with the statute dealing with left turns, A.R.S. § 28-772. 1 The trial court refused to give defendant’s requested instruction and he submits that this was error.”
Ieronimo v. Hagerman, 380 P.2d 1013 (Ariz. 1963). “6), in the light of the statute, A.R.S. § 28-772 providing: “The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as…”
Hunsaker v. Smith, 399 P.2d 185 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1965). “Working from the assumption that the motorcycle was going in excess of 35 miles per hour, the appellants’ counsel comes to the conclusion that it would have been physically impossible for the motorcycle to have been an “immediate hazard” within the contemplation of A.R.S. §…”
Gibson v. Boyle, 679 P.2d 535 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). “See A.R.S. § 28-772. . A.R.S. § 28-692 was amended by Laws 1978, ch.”
State v. Cepeda (Ariz. Ct. App. 2020). “’s failure to yield while making the left turn violated A.R.S. § 28-772 and caused the accident, not Cepeda’s high rate of speed.”
Marks v. Dixon (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018). “Police issued her a traffic citation for violating A.R.S. § 28-772. Dixon did not and does not contest the charge.”
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