Ball v. Witten

The defendant further testified that when he saw the child start across the road he applied his brakes and his automobile "picked up speed" and when the child collided with the automobile, he turned to the right, but that he could not turn freely either to the right or left without striking one or more of the other children. If the automobile was traveling in the center of the road, it would have been, when it reached a point opposite the children, between three and four feet from them, on either side, and if it was traveling on the right side, at that point it would have been about six feet from those on the left and one to two feet from those on the right.