Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1925-04-10 | Page 3 | Must Warn of Rope When Towing an Automobile

Must Warn of Rope When Towing an Automobile Drivers of automobiles towing another an-other car by means of a rope or chain who fall to give pedestrians warning that they should not pass between the two cars are guilty of negligence, according ac-cording to a decision of the New York Supreme court. The decision reads: "Where one automobile was towing another Into a gurage across the public pub-lic sidewalk by means of a rope twelve feet long which sagged within eighteen eight-een Inches of the sidewalk, not visible on account cf darkness, the driver was legally bound to foresee that persons standing on the walk, waiting to pass, would attempt to proceed after the first car had passed, and he was guilty of actionable negligence In falling to give them some warning of the presence pres-ence of the rope, rendering his employer employ-er liable for Injury to one of the pedestrians who tripped over the rope while In the exercise of a reasonable degree of care for his own safety."