§ 1046. Vehicle approaching or entering intersection
(a) When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different highways at approximately
the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right of way
to the vehicle on the right.
(b) The right-of-way rule declared in subsection (a) of this section is modified at through
highways as otherwise provided in this chapter and as follows:
(1) Whenever enforcement officers are present, they have the full power to regulate traffic.
(2) Operators shall approach and enter intersecting highways slowly, with due care to
avoid crashes. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 177.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1968–2006 · leading case: Barber v. LaFromboise, 2006 VT 77 (Vt. 2006).
Barber v. LaFromboise, 2006 VT 77 (Vt. 2006). “23 V.S.A. §§ 1046,1047,1064. As the court explained, “under the circumstances, the consumption of alcohol and its effect on the mind and the ability to recollect what was going on and the ability to maintain control is of crucial relevance here.”
Smith v. Gainer, 571 A.2d 70 (Vt. 1990). “” 23 V.S.A. § 1046(c)(3). See Verchereau v.”
Scrizzi v. Baraw, 248 A.2d 725 (Vt. 1968). “23 V.S.A. §1046 provides: “The operator of a motor vehicle, before changing his direction or materially slackening his speed, shall give warning of his intention with the hand signals as provided in §1052 of this title, or with a mechanical or lighting device approved by the…”
Lambert v. Fuller, 303 A.2d 471 (Vt. 1973). “The first relates to directional signals as called for by 23 V.S.A. §§ 1046 and 1052. These sections require a signal by the operator, either by hand or approved mechanical device, before changing direction or materially slackening his speed.”
Connor v. McGill, 238 A.2d 777 (Vt. 1968). “In instructing the jury, the court omitted any reference to 23 V.S.A. §1046. This statute requires an operator, before changing his direction of travel, to give warning of his intention by hand signal or with a lighting device approved by the motor vehicle commissioner.”
Furgat v. Brooks, 272 A.2d 125 (Vt. 1970). “§ 1044, stopping and parking on curve, hill or highway has no application to the case before us because the accident with which we are concerned happened in the City of Eutland, where local traffic ordinances and regulation would govern, rather than the law applicable to state…”
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 23, § 1046(c)(3) — 1 case
Smith v. Gainer, 571 A.2d 70 (Vt. 1990). “” 23 V.S.A. § 1046(c)(3). See Verchereau v.”
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