What is the test for a driver who is on his righthand side of the center line of the road and travelling at a reasonable rate of speed on a through highway?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Taylor v. Hoffer, 1986 CanLII 1602 (AB QB):
Cartwright J. also observed in Johnston v. Mathieson, supra, at p. 614: To hold that the driver of a vehicle on a through highway who is proceeding on his righthand side of the center line of the road and at a reasonable rate of speed must, on approaching an intersection where his view to the left is obstructed, proceed on the theory that a driver may emerge from his left into his path in total disregard of the statutory rule would tend towards the paralysis of traffic rather than to the promotion of its free circulation.
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