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It’s a common roadway gesture\u00a0you’ve likely seen and probably done yourself: You are preparing to make a left turn into a driveway. Traffic in the opposing lane approaches a red light ahead of that driveway. A motorist approaches the driveway and stops short. He is leaving you enough space to make your turn into that driveway. The driver waves you ahead, letting you know you can turn.\u00a0\"policecar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You rely on that gesture with the understanding that person isn’t going to tell you to go when there are cars coming?\u00a0But what if it’s not actually completely safe? Does that driver owe any duty whatsoever to make sure that it is?<\/p>\n

That was the issue in a recent car accident case before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. In Murdock v. Thorne<\/a><\/em>, a police lieutenant was waiting to pull in to the driveway of a police station. It was a four-lane road. Opposing direction traffic was (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a common roadway gesture\u00a0you’ve likely seen and probably done yourself: You are preparing to make a left turn into a driveway. Traffic in the opposing lane approaches a red light ahead of that driveway. A motorist approaches the driveway…<\/span><\/p>\n

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