What is the test for making a sudden and abrupt stop on a green light?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Vo v. Michl, 2012 BCSC 1417 (CanLII):
The Defendant also relies on the decision in Ayers v. Singh, 1995 CanLII 2314. In that case, the defendant also met the onus, but it was proven that the plaintiff in traffic made “a sudden and abrupt stop” on a green light “without lawful justification”.
The court was also referred to Bathgate v. Korolek, 2010 BCSC 37. In that case the court found the plaintiff’s version of events “makes no sense”, that her vehicle was not hit from behind, but rather the plaintiff turned her vehicle into the defendants vehicle.
In Stanikzai v. Bola, 2012 BCSC 846, the defendant was found 75% at fault where the defendant moved “suddenly into the plaintiff’s lane in circumstances where the plaintiff did not have time to stop”.
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