Court Opinion

ID: 9714918
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:49:03.456738+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:29.681423
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS, specially concurring: While I concur in the decision reached by the majority, I do not agree with that part of the opinion which finds section 11 — 1205 of the Illinois Rules of the Road (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 95½, par. 11 — 1205) applicable to the facts of this case. In my opinion, the purpose of section 11 — 1205 of the Code is to protect pedestrians walking on a sidewalk, or walking in the area where a sidewalk would be in the event there is no sidewalk. It is not to protect pedestrians walking in a street. The uncontroverted evidence was that the child was in the street, not in the sidewalk area; therefore, the statute is not applicable. Furthermore, the uncontroverted evidence was that the defendant did stop and look before proceeding into the street, thereby obeying the command of the statute. The statute could, therefore, not apply even if arguably applicable to these facts.