What are the consequences of taking unnecessary precautions to prevent accidents?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Larsen v Prince Albert and Northern Bus Lines Limited, 1952 CanLII 197 (SK CA):
Precautions to prevent accidents are not taken to protect those who are alert to the danger guarded against. They are necessary to apprise those who are unwary of the existing danger. See Smith v. C.P.R. 1920 CanLII 120 (SK CA), [1920] 3 WWR 1028, at 1032, 13 Sask LR 535, at 540 (reversed on other grounds 1921 CanLII 37 (SCC), [1921] 3 WWR 300, 62 SCR 134).
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