People v. Marsh

Opinion

BEDSWORTH, J.

This case raises the issue of what constitutes “approaching traffic” to which a driver must yield the right-of-way before *Supp. 3making a left turn or U-turn. While we are loathe to add to California’s brobdingnagian body of case law—especially for an infraction—the question badly needs attention.

Vehicle Code section 21801, subdivision (a), provides: “The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left or to complete a U-turn at an intersection . . . shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching from the opposite direction which are close enough to constitute…