People v. Attaldo

About 2:50 a.m. on July 6, 1963, complainant, proceeding easterly on Main Street West, stopped for a red traffic light at the intersection of Main Street West and Ford Street. When the light turned green, complainant started ahead and collided with the right rear of defendant’s car which was standing in Main Street West, facing easterly. Complainant stated, in substance, that he did not see defendant’s *773car in time to avoid a collision, because the rear lights on defendant’s car were not lighted. After a trial defendant was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway…