Dinges v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

On April 26, 1987, the Claimant was a passenger in an automobile driven by a Myong Gabardi. The vehicle was headed westbound on Big Timber Road, an east-west highway. The highway intersected with Illinois Route 47, a north-south highway. Both roads were asphalt two-lane highways. Stop signs controlled eastbound and westbound traffic on Big Timber Road at the Route 47 intersection. The intersection is in an area of rural farmland. Big Timber Road was neither a primary nor a heavily traveled road. A traffic count conducted on the road in 1987 showed that less than 900…