21 Ohio App. 2d 137 - Difederico v. Reed’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. ““ * * * Relief from the rule comes when the assured clear distance ahead is suddenly cut down. Some times the courts speak of sudden emergence, or simply of an emergency. * * * “Hemmelgam v. Bailey ([App.] 1950), 61 Ohio Law Abs. 179 [ 104 N.E.2d 50 ], supplies the basic rule that assured clear distance ahead does not apply ‘when a discernible object obstructing the path or line of travel suddenly enters within the clear distance ahead * * *.’ Elfers v. Bright (1958), 108 Ohio App. 495 [ 9 O.O.2d 473 , 162 N.E.2d 535 ], supplies the corollary that an assured-clear-distance-ahead rule violation may be excused where compliance became impossible and the driver was without fault. The burden is on the operator to sustain the excuse and the question is for the jury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 99 Ohio App. 3d 173 - Siders v. Reynoldsburg School District

2. ““The word ‘ahead,’ as it appears in Section 4511.21 of the Revised Code, and the word ‘lane,’ as it appears in our decisions on the question, mean to the front of, and within the directional line of travel of, a motorist whose conduct is sought to be brought within the rules’s application.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 99 Ohio App. 3d 173 - Siders v. Reynoldsburg School District

3. ““A pedestrian walking along or on a highway must exercise reasonable care for his own safety considering conditions on the highway at the time.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 27 Ohio App. 2d 210 - Schalk v. Spreckelmeier