CROSSING A ROAD
THE DUTY OF PEDESTRIANS. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, October 30. Mr Justice Reed non-suited Margaret Kelso, a widow, on a claim for £1179 9s 6d from Eric Liverton, sheep farmer, of Masterton, in respect of injuries received through being knocked down by a car. His Honor said that on her own evidence plaintiff was not in bis view entitled to. recover. She stepped from the pavement, and had not looked for the ear she had seen further down the road. She walked at an angle, and had been struck when on the left side of the road. His view of the duty of a pedestrian was that when leaving a footpath, tc* cross a road he .should keep his attention focussed the direction from which a vehicle might come until he crossed the road. Under the circumstances it was as much the duty of a pedestrian to keep a proper lookout as it was the duty of motorists.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 16, 31 October 1935, Page 3
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