What is the test for a driver who loses control on slippery roads?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Geiger v. Schmidt, 2010 BCSC 1052 (CanLII):
Fontaine v. British Columbia (Official Administrator), 1998 CanLII 814 (SCC), [1997] S.C.J. No. 100 (S.C.C.); [1998] 1 S.C.R. 424 clarified the evidentiary principles a judge should consider in cases where vehicles slide on slippery roads and the driver loses control.
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