Rodriguez v. City of New York

Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered November 13, 1997 and on or about April 2, 1998, which granted the respective motions of defendants Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and Ida Colesanti for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In this case involving a rear-end collision, it is clear, as a matter of law, that the proximate cause of the accident was plaintiffs failure to maintain a safe driving speed and distance (see, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1129 [a]; Warren v Donovan, 254 AD2d 201; Galante v BMW Fin. Servs.…