25/09/2003

OF CRIMINAL APPEAL (INFERIOR)

GALEA DEBONO JOSEPH

IL-PULIZIJA vs CAMILLERI ANNA RITA SIVE ANITA

N/A

FINAL JUDGEMENT

IL-PULIZIJA vs CAMILLERI ANNA RITA SIVE ANITA - 115/2003 - OF CRIMINAL APPEAL (INFERIOR), MALTA

KOLLIZJONI, DOVERI TA` MIN ISUQ - PEDESTRIANS - KOLLIZJONI, DOVERI TA` PEDESTRIAN - KOLLIZJONI, INCIDENT BEJN VETTURA U PEDESTRIAN

Gie ritenut "in subiecta materia" illi l-"pedstrian" ghalkemm ghandu dritt ikun fil-karreggjata biexjaqsam, certament ghandu wkoll id-dover li juza prudenza biex jaqsam, Jekk il-"pedestrian" ikun negligenti pero', dan ma jassolvix lid-"driver" tal-car milli juza dak il-grad ta' "reasonable care" litinhtieg. Dana kollu jinghid sakemm ma tkunx giet mill-"pedestrian" krejata lid-"driver", bl-imprudenza tieghu, emergenza subitanea imprevedibbli, li rrendiet impossibbli, jew mhux ragonevolment possibbli, azzjoni evaziva tempestiva. F'sentenzi ohra umbaghad, gew elaborati sitwazzjonijiet fejn dinl-emergenza subitanea tavverra ruha, e.g. "meta jaqsam f'daqqa w jissorprendi lill-konducent jew jaghmel xi movement insolitu w inaspettat" jew meta "pedestrian jinzel inaspettatament minn fuq il-bankina, jew li jaqsam jew jitfaccja ghall-gharrieda minn wara xi car iehor; jew li johrog minn xi kurvafit-triq; jew li jitfaccja ghall-gharrieda w inaspettatament quddiem il-karozza."

Mill-bandal-ohra pero gie ukoll ritenut li driver ma jistax jissolleva b'success id-difiza tas-"sudden emergency" meta l-emergenza ikun holoqha hu. Dan ghaliex f' kaz simili d-driver ikun qieghed isofri minn "self inflicted incapacity" effett tas-sewqan hazin tieghu antecedenti jew konkomitanti.

Gie umbaghad dejjem ritenut li f 'sede kriminali kull sewwieq iwiegeb ghall-agir tieghu indipendentementminn dak li jaghmel haddiehor, ammenoche' dak li jigri ma jkunx dovut unikament u eskluzivament ghall-htijiet da parti ta' haddiehor. Dana ghaliex il-"contributory negligence" ma tezonerax lis-sewwieqjekk ma tkunx il-kawza unika tas-sinistru.