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Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 11-504 (2026)
Drivers to exercise due care
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway. Added by Laws 1961, p. 380, § 11-504, eff. Sept. 1, 1961.
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case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Smith v. Barker, 419 P.3d 327 (Okla. Civ. App. 2017).
Smith v. Barker, 419 P.3d 327 (Okla. Civ. App. 2017). “2011 § 11-901b (Full Time and Attention to Driving); 47 O.S. § 11-504 (Drivers to Exercise Due Care); Tulsa Revised Traffic Code, Title 37 § 645 (Inattentive Driving); Tulsa Revised Traffic Code, Title 37 § 613 (Starting and Stopping); and 47 O.”
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