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Junctions
Fagan v Jeffers (2005) A motorcyclist was undertaking stationary traffic. An oncoming car turned right into a side road from the main road. A collision occurred. The Highway Code stipulates undertaking is not allowed. The driver should have anticipated a motorcyclist coming up on the inside. Driver – 50% Motorcyclist – 50% Powell v Hansan and Chin (2001) A collision occurred at cross-roads where two cars had been waiting to turn right at traffic lights. The first car completed the turn, but the second car was hit by a speeding motorcyclist. The car had proceeded over the stop line. The speeding motorcyclist was, however, travelling ahead on a course that he was entitled to take as he had right-of-way. The motorcyclist could not avoid the collision as a result of his excessive speed. Driver – 80% Motorcyclist – 20% Harding v Hinchcliffe (1964) A motorcyclist overtook a bus as it turned left from the main road into a minor road. A car driver waiting at the same junction to turn right pulled out at the junction into the path of the oncoming motorcyclist. The driver should have anticipated a vehicle coming from behind the bus. Driver – 100% to blame. |
