Motorists And The Centre Of The Road
' Mi , i ,! AUC|p.AND, *Nb^j|l8. Observatidiis on- tke^ duty o^ia|Sotorisfe regarding traveiling on. tke feTt-kand site of'-tk^ i-odd »we^ei.madA. by Mr Justifeb CMiafij^t^tlie fbnclu'si'dn\ oFvit case ij tke Subi'bino Oourt- aXising a • motor collision. ' ' ' ' I do liot accept the vi'ew that the regulation obliging vehicles to keep.as close as practieable to the correet side of the road, means that at all times, on all roads, at all places and in all circumstances, the driver must keep as near to the left as is reasonably safe and as it is possible to do," said his Honor. "There may be cases where to be out in the middle of the road is no evidence of negligence at all. Each ease must be considered in the light of the particular circumstances." In the case before the Court an accident oceurred on a very narrow road close to a bend. His Honour said that in such a case it was not good driving to" be out toward the eentre of the road.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 November 1949, Page 3
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174Motorists And The Centre Of The Road Chronicle (Levin), 19 November 1949, Page 3
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