MOTORISTS AND THE LAW

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 275, 16 August 1919, Page 6

MOTORISTS AND THE LAW

THE RIGHTS OF MEDICAL MEN. From Our Own Correspondent. ■ Masterton, August 15. In delivering judgment for plaintiff, with costs, in the cr.so of Cook v. Tilley, at the Masterton Court to-day. Mr. S. L. Free, S.M., made some trenchant remarks concerning the law as it applied to motorists. Referring to the evidence of n motor expert on the previous day His Worshin said that he hadn't much faith in such people, ns they were usually expert advocates for the side that employed (hem. The expert in question 'had, said it was impossible for a car to run more than a certain-distance after being declutched. 'His 'Worship had proved this statement to be incorrect by actual experience that morning. t jiad been suggested that parties coming into a main street from a side street should exercise greater care. That was so in practice, but in law there was no such distinction, and each man had to exercise due care. The imputation that doctors had a habit of driviiiß Yst wa*. he thought, unfounded. If they did so the risk was their own. If there were an idea abroad that medical men 'had a special right beyond that enjoyed by the rest of the public the sooner that idea was dispelled the better.