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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Failure to yield

Consider the following sentence:


"He got a traffic ticket for failure to yield."


What does 'failure to yield' mean?

  

Top answer

He failed to yield right of way. The other car might have been traveling down the street when he pulled out of his driveway in front of him. There is also a road sign, the yield sign, that means you stop if anyone is coming.

  • He failed to yield right of way.
  • The other car might have been traveling down the street when he pulled out of his driveway in front of him.
  • There is also a road sign, the yield sign, that means you stop if anyone is coming.
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He failed to yield right of way. The other car might have been traveling down the street when he pulled out of his driveway in front of him. There is also a road sign, the yield sign, that means you stop if anyone is coming.

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