In what circumstances will a driver be found negligent for failing to stop at a red light?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Horsman v. McGarvey, 1983 CanLII 368 (BC CA):
In Wong v. West Des Brisay C.J.B.C. said at pp. 527-28: The duty of the appellant was to exercise due care and the question is whether or not under the circumstances here he failed to do so. In my view, having the green light with him, travelling on a six-lane marked street he was entitled to proceed as he did and should have not been found negligent. He owed no duty to traffic entering the intersection in disobedience to the lights, beyond a duty that, if he in fact saw such traffic, he ought to take all reasonable steps to avoid a collision. (The italics are Craig J.A.'s.)
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