Duggan v. Department of Motor Vehicles

We agree with petitioner that evidence of a “ mere rear end collision ” between his car and the vehicle directly in front of him, where the forward vehicle was traveling at 30 miles per hour on a four-lane highway, would be insufficient to support a finding of gross negligence so as to warrant the suspension of his driver’s license. But on the additional evidence before the Referee as to the circumstances of the rear-end collision, but one conclusion can be drawn: that petitioner was guilty of gross negligence in the operation of his motor vehicle. Petitioner struck the car in front of him so…