Is a dominant driver entitled to continue on if the left-turning driver has the right-of-way?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Miller v. Dent, 2014 BCCA 234 (CanLII):

The judge then considered Nerval v. Khehra, 2012 BCCA 436. Nerval is authority for the undoubted proposition that the dominant driver proceeding through an intersection is entitled to continue on, while the left-turning driver is the servient driver and must yield the right-of-way.

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