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La. Rev. Stat. § 32:124 (2026)
Vehicle entering highway from private road, driveway, alley or building
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§124. Vehicle entering highway from private road, driveway, alley or building
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road, driveway, alley or building, shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway, and shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and shall yield the right of way to all approaching vehicles so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 107
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1964–2025 · leading case: Ducombs v. Nobel Ins. Co., 884 So. 2d 596 (La. Ct. App. 2004).
Ducombs v. Nobel Ins. Co., 884 So. 2d 596 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “R.S. 32:124 because she entered the highway from a private drive.”
Watson v. Hicks, 172 So. 3d 655 (La. Ct. App. 2015). “32:124, which provides: The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road, driveway, alley or building, shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway, .”
Walley v. Vargas, 104 So. 3d 93 (La. Ct. App. 2012). “32:122 and LSA-R.S. 32:124; and (7) finding defendant Vargas without fault when her testimony included multiple inconsistencies, after testifying she was looking in the opposite direction of oncoming traffic and failing to carry her statutory burden of proof.”
Daniels v. Burridge, 785 So. 2d 906 (La. Ct. App. 2001). “shall yield the right of way to all approaching vehicles so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. (Emphasis added.”
Hickman Ex Rel. Iles v. S. Pac. Transp. Co., 262 So. 2d 385 (La. 1972). “R.S. 32:124), which was the proximate cause of the ensuing collision and injury.”
Hebert v. Old Repub. Ins. Co., 807 So. 2d 1114 (La. Ct. App. 2002). “R.S. 32:124 not to back out onto a roadway, in fact, has a duty to yield to all approaching vehicles so close as to constitute a hazard; 4.”
Harbin v. Ward, 147 So. 3d 213 (La. Ct. App. 2014). “*218 First, LSA-R.S. 32:124 provides that the driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private road, driveway, alley or building, shall yield the right of way to all approaching vehicles so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.”
Corvers v. Acme Truck Lines, 673 So. 2d 1088 (La. Ct. App. 1996). “LRS 32:124. Unusual, extreme, and high care toward favored traffic is required of such a motorist under the case law.”
Stiltner v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co., 798 So. 2d 1132 (La. Ct. App. 2001). “R.S. 32:124, failure to yield the right of way from an inferior private road to a superior thoroughfare, which describes St.”
Wells v. Allstate Ins. Co., 510 So. 2d 763 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “LSA-R.S. 32:124 provides: The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a .”
Davis v. Galilee Baptist Church, 486 So. 2d 1021 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “In brief written reasons for allocating negligence, the trial court said that anyone who operates a motor vehicle has an unending duty to observe that which he can see.”
Day v. Campbell-Grosjean Roofing & Sheet Metal Corp., 256 So. 2d 105 (La. 1971). “In short, we agree with the initial court of appeal conclusion that Wright's act of entering a high-speed highway with his oversize vehicle so as to completely block one lane of the highway constituted negligence which contributed to the accident.”
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