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26 Wash. L. Rev. & St. B. J. 30 (1951)
Contributory Negligence of the Disfavored Driver under the Right of Way Statute

handle is hein.journals/washlr26 and id is 36 raw text is: WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW AND STATE BAR JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE LAW SCHOOL HOYT M. WILBANKS, JR., Editor JOANN R. LOCKE, Associate Editor CHARLES P. MORIARTY, JR., Contributions Editor ROBERT D. SKIDMORE, Business Manager GLENN D. ABRAH. RAMON E. BROWN FRANK J. CONWP CALVIN C. CULP JAMES M. DOLLIv AM, JR. WILLIAM L. DWYER PHYLLIS ROGER K. GARRISON RONALD E JOHN F. HANSLER ROBERT A HAROLD J. HUNSAKER RAYMOND ER JOHN C. HUSTON PRISCILLA ROBERT F. VENABLE MILTON D. GREEN, Faculty Adsiser JOHN W. RICHARDS, Faculty Business Manager The Far Eastern Section is jointly sponsored by the Law Reziew and the Far Eastern Institute. COMMENTS CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE OF THE DISFAVORED DRIVER UNDER THE RIGHT OF WAY STATUTE JOHN HUSTON The automobile collision at intersections of two streets, neither of which is arterial, is perhaps one of the most common subjects of litigation. For the past tvienty-three years such litigation has been governed in part by the statute entitled Look out approaching inter- section-Vehicles to right,' which provides ag follows: It shall be the duty of every operator of any vehicle on approaching public high- way intersections to look out for and give way to-vehicles on their [sic] right, simultaneously approaching a given point within the intersection, and whether such vehicle first reach and enter the intersection or not: Provided, This section shall not apply to operators on arterial public highways. This enactment is the statutory basis of the doctrine which is commonly termed the Favored Driver Rule. This rule gives the motorist on the right the right of way over another entering the same 1 REM. REV. STAT. § 6360-88 [P.P.C. § 295-27]. A. KEMP McKINSTRY O'GORMAN C. SWANSON A. TOWNSEND

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