State v. Meyers

Defendant appeals from a conviction, following a jury trial, of careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. We affirm.

I

On September 6, 1987, defendant failed to negotiate a curve in a road with which he was familiar and struck another car approximately thirteen feet across the road’s centerline, injuring both himself and persons in the other vehicle. The speed limit on the road was generally fifty miles per hour, but a speed of thirty-five miles per hour was posted shortly before the curve.

Defendant was charged with careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle pursuant to 23…