Bown v. Fleischauer

We are here concerned with an automobile collision that occurred shortly after a right turn made onto a one-way street from a private driveway.

The principal question presented is whether the driver of the car turning from the driveway was negligent because she failed to yield the right of way as required by RCW 46.60.190, or, otherwise stated, whether she had such a reasonable margin of safety that she was entitled to enter the street from the driveway and was properly and lawfully upon the street when her car was hit in the rear. RCW 46.60.190 reads as follows:

“Emerging from alleys or…