Is a dominant driver required to anticipate breaches by other drivers to avoid a collision?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bedwell v. McGill, 2008 BCCA 6 (CanLII):

However, the above passage from Walker v. Brownlee does not stand for the proposition that a dominant driver is not required to anticipate breaches by other drivers. Rather, it states that a duty of care to avoid a collision does arise when the dominant driver ought to see that the other driver is not yielding the right-of-way.

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