What is the test for looking to the right side of the road to determine if a pedestrian has been struck by a passing motor vehicle?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Attorney-General of Canada v. Rhode, 1957 CanLII 213 (SKDC):
In Wallace v. Viergutz 1920 CanLII 176 (SK CA), [1920] 2 WWR 333, Lamont, J.A. at 335 said: “Had the plaintiff observed the requirements of the bylaw the accident could not have happened: The defendant having looked to his right and having found no danger to be apprehended from any vehicle approaching at a reasonable rate of speed was justified in going ahead without again looking.”
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