Chaffin v. Brame 233 N.C. 377, 64 S.E.2d 276 (1951) Chaffin was driving at night and was blinded by Garland, who refused to dim her headlights. As a result, Chaffin ran into Brame's truck, which was parked in the middle of the street. Chaffin sued. The Trial Court found for Chaffin. Brame appealed. The Trial Court found that Brame shouldn't have left his truck parked in the middle of the street. Brame unsuccessfully argued that Chaffin was guilty of contributory negligence. It is generally considered contributory negligence to drive your vehicle at an unsafe speed for the driving conditions. The Appellate Court affirmed. The Appellate Court found that Chaffin reasonably expected Garland to dim her lights, and reasonably slowed down, therefore there was no contributory negligence. The standard established by this case is that a person must drive in a reasonable care under the circumstances. This is a fact for the jury to decide. This is opposed to a rule, such as you shouldn't drive faster than 55 mph. In general, negligence cases turn on standards, not rules. There might be times where driving faster than 55 is reasonable, or times where driving within the speed limit is still unreasonable.