What is the colour of the traffic light at a traffic light when the driver of a left-turning vehicle struck a through driver?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boyd v. Baldwin, 2015 BCSC 887 (CanLII):
Counsel for Martineau recognizes that the first step in the liability analysis for a collision between a left-turning driver and a through driver is the colour of the traffic light when the left-turning driver commenced his turn: Miller v. Dent, 2014 BCCA 234 at para. 16.
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