Court Opinion

ID: 9865204
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 16:27:01.38055+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:37:53.788697
License: Public Domain

Me. Justice Butlee
concurring.
Because this case is controlled by Arps v. Denver, 82 Colo. 189, 257 Pac. 1094, I concur in the result. In that case the trial court followed the rule, supported then as now by the weight of authority and (it seems to me) by the better reason, that one who drives an automobile at such a rate of speed that he will be unable to stop within the range of his vision is guilty of negligence as a matter of law. On review, this court held that the trial court committed reversible error in following that rule.
In adopting the minority rule, now the law in this jurisdiction, courts seem to be influenced to some extent —perhaps subconsciously—by the thought that the less the trial judge directs, controls or otherwise influences the judgment of the jury, the better for the administration of justice. My confidence in the jury system reconciles me to the adoption of the minority rule.