Rush v. McDonnell

In Parker v. Wilson, 179 Ala. 361, 370, 60 So. 150, 153, 43 L. R. A. (N. S.) 87, we said:

“Automobiles are not to be classed with such highly dangerous agencies as dynamite or savage animals. They are not dangerous per se. Prudently driven they are safer than the horse-drawn vehicle. But the special training needed for their operation, though simple and easily acquired, as well as the temptation to speed which they constantly present, should impose upon owners a special degree of care in the selection of experienced and judgmatic drivers for them. No doubt liability will arise where the owner…