Blaisdell v. Reid

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On a sunny afternoon in October the plaintiff was driving his empty dump truck east on Route 100 (a two-way, two-lane highway) in the town of Benton, intending to make a left turn across the lane used by westbound traffic into Pleasant Street which enters Route 100 at a right angle. He stopped a moment opposite Pleasant Street to permit three westbound vehicles to pass and at this time he could see a fourth westbound automobile which was coming down the hill toward him. This car was then about 500 to 550 feet away. On the basis of that brief observation he did not form any…