Lapeyrouse v. LeCompte’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “"From the record, we conclude that, while it was indeed a foggy morning, reasonable visibility existed at the scene when this accident occurred. We seriously question Chauvin's testimony that visibility was 200 feet. The testimony of Mrs. LeCompte and Mrs. Lapeyrouse regarding visibility appears more plausible, and from which we determine that there was visibility of approximately 75 to 100 feet. Under such circumstances, we see no reason why Mrs. LeCompte should stop her vehicle and remain stationary upon the highway. We also find that, from the physical facts shown, Chauvin was traveling at a grossly excessive speed under the circumstances. On these findings, we absolve Mrs. Le-Compte from negligence. She was in her proper lane of travel. Her headlights and left turn blinker signal were in operation. She stopped and looked for the lights of oncoming vehicles and also requested her guest passenger to watch for oncoming automobiles. After receiving a negative response from her guest passenger, she commenced a left turn with no oncoming vehicle within the range of her vision. She had a right to assume that any southbound motorist would be traveling at a reasonable speed under the circumstances. She did not see the oncoming Chauvin vehicle because it was too far distant for its lights to be observed in the fog that prevailed. We find that if Chauvin had been traveling at a reasonable speed under the circumstances, Mrs. LeCompte would have completed her turn without incident. We”

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