MOTORISTS’ DILEMMA
INTERESTING SUPREME COURT DECISION. (By Telegraph-Press Association). , " WELLINGTON, October 18. Mr Justice’ Blair, in a deoision delivered in the' Supreme Court to-day,' stated that it was the duty of a driver to go to the wrong side of the road if by doing so lie would avoid an accident. The case arose from a collision at 1 a.m., when a driver approached a blind corner on the. wrong side and collided with another car, the driver of which Went to his right, but nevertheless a collision occurred.
The case was an appeal from the decision of the Magistrate in favour of the one who approached the corner on the wrong side and the appeal was allowed. “Where a person is suddenly put in a position of imminent personal danger by the wrongful act of another,” . said the Judge, “It is sufficient if he shows as, much judgment and self-control in attempting to avoid a danger that may reasonably be expected of him in the circumstances.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 6
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167MOTORISTS’ DILEMMA Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1929, Page 6
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