Ohio motor vehicle accident attorney, Scott Kuboff, discusses a driver’s duty to maintain assured clear distance so as to not cause a rear-end collision. This duty is found in R.C. 4511.21(A).
Ohio’s assured clear distance statute - R.C. 4511.21(A) - was drafted to control the speed at which we operate our vehicles on Ohio’s roadways so that we can drive safely and stop before a collision occurs. R.C. 4511.21(A) provides “[n]o person shall operate a motor vehicle . . . at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the street or highway and any other conditions, and no person shall drive any motor vehicle . . . in and upon any street or highway at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.”
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