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The most common violations related to drivers and vehicles in Minnesota are speeding, failure to wear seat belt, and failure to yield right of way. All of these violations can lead to car accidents or to more serious injury if a car accident occurs.

Failure to yield the right of way may seem like a minor violation, but it can have serious consequences. When a driver fails to yield the right of way, it can cause road rage and unsafe retaliatory behaviors that could result in a car accident and personal injury or death.

If you have been in an accident due to someone failing to yield the right of way, you may be able to obtain compensation for:

• medical expenses
• lost wages
• pain and suffering

Our Minnesota Car Accident Lawyers will work on your behalf to establish fault and prove liability in your failure to yield right of way accident. Call 612-362-0000 or submit a comment and we will contact you. Our lawyers have decades of combined experience and are consistently voted Minnesota Super Lawyers.

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The following are Minnesota State Statutes on the various aspects of right of way.

Minnesota Statute 169.20 RIGHT-OF-WAY.

Subdivision 1. Right of Way when Approaching an Intersection

(a) When two vehicles enter an uncontrolled 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) When two vehicles enter an intersection controlled by stop signs or by blinking red traffic signals requiring drivers or vehicles from any direction to stop before proceeding, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.
(c) At an uncontrolled approach to a T-shaped intersection, the driver required to turn shall yield to the cross traffic.
(d) The driver of any vehicle traveling at an unlawful speed shall forfeit any right-of-way which the driver might otherwise have hereunder.
(e) The foregoing rules are modified as hereinafter stated in this section.

Subdivision 2. Right of Way on Left Turn

The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.

Subdivision 3. Right of Way at Through Highway and at Stop Sign

(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop as required by this chapter at the entrance to a through highway and shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from the through highway or which are approaching so closely on the through highway as to constitute an immediate hazard, but the driver having so yielded may proceed, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection on the through highway shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicles so proceeding into or across the through highway.
(b) The driver of a vehicle shall likewise stop in obedience to a stop sign, as required herein, at an intersection where a stop sign is erected at one or more entrances thereto although not a part of a through highway, and shall proceed cautiously, yielding to vehicles not so obliged to stop which are within the intersection or approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, but may then proceed.

Subdivision 4. Vehicle Entering Roadway

The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a roadway from any place other than a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed.

Subdivision 5. Right of Way to Emergency Vehicle

(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), when the driver is giving audible signal by siren, the driver of each other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection, and shall stop and remain in this position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. The driver of another vehicle on a one-way roadway shall drive to the closest edge or curb and stop.
(This subdivision does not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of persons using the highways.)

Subdivision 6. Right of Way to Funeral Procession

When any funeral procession identifies itself by using regular lights on all cars and by keeping all cars in close formation, the driver of every other vehicle, except an emergency vehicle, shall yield the right-of-way.

Subdivision 7. Right of Way to Transit Bus

The driver of a vehicle traveling in the right-hand lane of traffic shall yield the right-of-way to any transit bus attempting to enter that lane from a bus stop or shoulder, as indicated by a flashing left turn signal.

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