A driver's speed can be excessive even though it does not exceed the speed limit. Arnone v. Hess, 722 S.W.2d 355, 357 (Mo.App.W.D. 1987). On the date of the crash, Defendant was five days short of age 22.
Second, Plaintiff Thomas Mozelewski, in any one or more of the respects submitted in Paragraph First, was thereby negligent, and Third, such negligence of Plaintiff Thomas Mozelewski directly caused or directly contributed to cause any damage Plaintiff Mozelewski may have sustained. To determine whether the evidence supports the submission of an instruction, we view the evidence and inferences most favorably to the party offering the instruction and disregard all contrary evidence and inferences. Arnone v. Hess, 722 S.W.2d 355, 357 (Mo.App. 1987). So viewed, the record shows the collision occurred on July 13, 1984, about 8:40 p.m., in St. Louis County, in the area depicted by the following schematic diagram.