Legal Question in Traffic Law in Louisiana

If a street is designed with one lane of traffic with a parking lane designated to the right side of the travel lane....here is my scenario.......vehicle 1 is in front of vehicle 2 at the intersection & is preparing to make a right turn. vehicle 2 pulls into the vacant parking lane & makes the right turn causing the two vehicles to collide. who is at fault & what law justifies the citation.


Asked on 3/26/11, 7:00 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Adam Lambert The Law Office of Adam S. Lambert

The second car is at fault and should have been found so by the police. He was not travelling in a designated travel lane. Just because there is room to drive on a shoulder or parking lane doesn't make it a travel lane or turning lane.

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Answered on 3/26/11, 1:26 pm


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