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- Title: Charles H. Mack v. Arthur J. Hoyt
- Author : Supreme Court of New Hampshire
- Release Date : January 02, 1947
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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The highway at the scene of the accident consisted of two cement lanes, each nine feet in width. Adjoining the lanes were tar shoulders from three to three and one-half feet wide. The latter were bordered by gravel shoulders about five and one-half feet wide. The gravel shoulder on the west side was formerly a street railway road bed which had been filled. Next beyond this shoulder on the west was a level area of grassed-over gravel, which extended for a considerable distance north and south of the place of the accident and was approximately fifteen feet in width. The shoulders and the grassland were practically the same level as the cement roadway, although there was slight westerly grade of the shoulders on the west to allow for drainage, and they were covered with snow. The road grade was slightly downward for southbound travelers. The highway was slippery. As the plaintiff approached the truck, which might be found to be in the center of the road or very near it, he turned to his right to provide a safe margin of clearance and slowed down. His right wheels may have crossed onto the shoulder. After passing the truck, the plaintiff regained the cement traveling, he testified, at a speed of 15 to 20 miles an hour. As he did so, the rear wheels immediately skidded to the left, and the rear of the car slid sideways into the west lane. The car pointing to the northeast, skidded up the highway without further rotation.