State v. Sebben

It would seem that a jury question was also presented as to whether defendant violated the requirement that a driver “shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible”. Code, 1966, § 321.261 (italics added). Defendant drove on three-tenths of a mile to a half mile. Three-tenths of a mile would be 1,584 feet. Surely it was “possible” for defendant to stop in a shorter distance than that — or the jury could so find. See People v. Steele, 100 Cal.App. 639, 646, 280 P. 999, 1002 (the defendant drove on four blocks — “Whatever may be required under…