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PLAINTIFF BICYCLIST RAN INTO THE BACK OF DEFENDANT’S STOPPED OR STOPPING CAR; DEFENDANT DRIVER’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the action by plaintiff-bicyclist against defendant-driver should have been dismissed. Plaintiff ran into the back of defendant’s car as defendant was stopped or was stopping to park:

Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1231 provides that every bicyclist is “subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle” … . A bicyclist “approaching another vehicle from the rear is required to maintain a reasonably safe distance and rate of speed under the prevailing conditions to avoid colliding with the other vehicle” ( … see Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1129[a]). A rear-end collision with a stopped or stopping vehicle establishes a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the operator of the rear vehicle, requiring that operator to come forward with evidence of a nonnegligent explanation for the collision to rebut the inference of negligence … .

… The evidence … established that the plaintiff was negligent in failing to see what was there to be seen because he was not paying attention to the road conditions ahead, while he was riding his bicycle at a fast rate of speed, and that he failed to maintain a reasonably safe distance from the defendant’s vehicle which, according to the plaintiff, was stopped at the time of the impact … .

The plaintiff’s contention in opposition that the defendant made a sudden stop before attempting to park his vehicle was insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact as to whether the defendant was negligent in the operation of his vehicle … . Greene v Raskin, 2020 NY Slip Op 04463, Second Dept 8-12-20

 

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