TRAFFIC NEGLIGENCE.
DUTIES OF ROAD USERS.
CARE FOR OWN SAFETY.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Thursday.
A few general observations on motor accidents in the Dominion were made by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court to-day, when a case was heard involving a claim for damages arising out of an accident in which a cyclist received fatal injuries in a collision with a taxicab. His Honor said an action did not lie merely because of injury or death, but only because of negligence. Defendant was just as much entitled to justice at the hands of the jury as the plaintiff. A pedestrian or the rider of a bicycle must exercise reasonable care for his own safety and that of others. If not, he himself was guilty of negligence. The duty of the cyclist was to be careful and watchful at intersections.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21099, 5 February 1932, Page 11
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