Judge On Driving.
"I do not aCcfept the View tnat the regulation otoliging vehicles to keejo as close as practicablfe tb the correct side of the road means that at all times, on all roads, at dll t>lacfes and in all circumstances, the driver must keep as near to the left as is reasonably safe," sjadd Mr. Justice Callan in the Auckland Supreme Court. "There may be cases whferfe to bfe but in the. middle of the road is no evidence of negligence at, all," he added. Ih thfe case before the Court a motor collision had occurted on a narrow road. close to a bend. His HohOut sdih that ih such a case it was not good driving to be out toward the middlfe Of the road.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 November 1949, Page 4
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