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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.410 (2026)

Drivers to exercise highest degree of care

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  300.410.  Drivers to exercise highest degree of care. — Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of sections 300.155 to 300.410, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise the highest degree of care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway.

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(L. 1965 p. 445 § 90)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2016 · leading case: Messina v. Prather, 42 S.W.3d 753 (Mo. Ct. App. 2001).
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Messina v. Prather, 42 S.W.3d 753 (Mo. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “§ 300.410, RSMo 1994. Accordingly, a motorist has a duty to keep a careful lookout, to operate the vehicle at a safe rate of speed, to swerve, change lanes, slacken speed or stop to avoid colliding with a pedestrian and to give warning by sounding the horn when he or she knows…”
Wilson Road Dev. Corp. v. Fronabarger Concreters, Inc., 209 F. Supp. 3d 1093 (E.D. Mo. 2016). · cites it 2× “§ 300.410(b). In the same vein, where a party “determines that a removal action is appropriate, actions shall, as appropriate, begin as soon as possible to abate, prevent, minimize, stabilize, mitigate, or eliminate the threat to public health or welfare of the United States or…”
Venable v. S.O.R., Inc., 713 S.W.2d 37 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 3× “] Section 300.410, RSMo 1978, Drivers to exercise the highest degree of care, states: Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 300.”
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.410(b): 1 case
Wilson Road Dev. Corp. v. Fronabarger Concreters, Inc., 209 F. Supp. 3d 1093 (E.D. Mo. 2016). “§ 300.410(b). In the same vein, where a party “determines that a removal action is appropriate, actions shall, as appropriate, begin as soon as possible to abate, prevent, minimize, stabilize, mitigate, or eliminate the threat to public health or welfare of the United States or…”
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