Sentences with phrase «opposite lane of traffic»

If a car is struck by a truck merging into the car's lane, the motorist may lose control and veer into the opposite lane of traffic or headlong into a barrier.

At the trial, the evidence showed that, although plaintiff was not in a crosswalk when he was struck by Cusick's vehicle, plaintiff had yielded the right of way Cusick's automobile by stopping in the opposite lane of traffic to allow Cusick to proceed.

It could be another car in the opposite lane of traffic or a pole or a tree, but whatever the obstacle, its positioning means that the force of the crash hits the car in a way that it concentrates all the impact on only one quarter of the vehicle's energy - absorbing structure.

Not exact matches

I pulled up to the traffic light to turn left but the cars in the other lane opposite of us had the right of way.

Four lanes each of opposite - direction traffic on the westbound span will continue until the eastbound span opens later this year, when each span will each have eight general traffic lane — four breakdown and emergency lanes and dedicated bus lanes — in addition to space for commuter rail when funds become available and a bicycle and walking path.

In Texas, traffic traveling the opposite direction from the school bus does not have to stop if there is a physical barrier separating the two lanes of traffic.