Hooper

This accident occurred on March 12, 1964, on Pairview Road immediately north of Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa. The plaintiff Ada Hooper was riding in the front seat of an automobile being driven by her husband. They were proceeding north on Pairview Road, and the accident occurred at a point northerly of where Newport Boulevard intersects with Pairview Road. Newport Boulevard runs in a northeasterly-southwesterly direction and therefore intersects diagonally with Pairview Road, which runs in a straight northerly-southerly direction. The intersection is controlled by traffic signals. Vehicles traveling in a southwesterly direction on Newport Boulevard may make a right turn onto Pairview Road by utilizing a short “feeder road” which cuts across the apex of the angle formed by the intersection.

Prior to the collision, plaintiff’s vehicle had stopped for a red light at the intersection. After waiting for the light to change to green, plaintiff’s vehicle continued to proceed north on Pairview and cleared the main intersection. The defendant, John Romero, Jr., was driving a three-axle truck and trailer owned by his employer, Ranch Rock Company, in a southwesterly direction on Newport…