immediate hazard

immediate hazard
As a situation for the application of a rule of the road for yielding the right of way, the imminence of collision when the relative speeds and distances of the two vehicles are considered; circumstances from which it must appear to a person of ordinary prudence in the position of a driver that if the two vehicles continue on their respective courses at the same rate of speed, a collision is probable. 7 Am J2d Auto § 202.

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