Court Opinion

ID: 9628650
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Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:27:59.38052+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:10:06.403097
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*308Donworth, J.
(dissenting) — The trial court, as evidenced by its oral decision, was of the view that the car which made the illegal left turn in front of the car preceding the bus presented an ordinary traffic condition which was to be expected by the bus driver. Since this was an ordinary traffic condition to be expected by the bus driver, the trial court reasoned that he was following the preceding car too closely.
I cannot agree that the situation presented here constituted an ordinary traffic condition which was to be expected by the bus driver. Although, as a common carrier, appellant owed his passengers the highest degree of care consistent with the practical operation of his bus, his driver, like all other drivers on the road, had the right to assume, until he knew or should have known to the contrary, that the other drivers on the road would obey the rules of the road.
I would reverse the judgment and dismiss respondent’s action.
Weaver, C. J., and Ott, J., concur with Donworth, J.
February 2, 1961. Petition for rehearing denied.