Mehler v. Doyle

Citations

• 271 Pa. 492
• 115 A. 797
• 1922 Pa. LEXIS 743

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Automobile—Bicycles— Collision — ■ Contributory negligence — Act of June 20, 1919, section 25.</p> <p>I. Where a bicycle and an automobile going in opposite directions on the same street, approach an intersecting street into ■which the automobile turns, it is the duty of the bicycle rider so to conduct his bicycle as to be able to control it and stop and turn to avoid a collision, and the same duty devolves upon the automobile driver.</p> <p>If the bicycler has a full view of the automobile for forty feet before it makes the turn, but, owing to lack of control and proper observation, runs into it after the turn was made, he is guilty of contributory negligence; and it is immaterial that the driver of the automobile neglects to comply with the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1919, section 25, P. L. 678, if such neglect in no way contributed to the accident.</p>