11/07/2002

OF CRIMINAL APPEAL (INFERIOR)

GALEA DEBONO JOSEPH

IL-PULIZIJA vs MOHNANI NATASHA

N/A

FINAL JUDGEMENT

IL-PULIZIJA vs MOHNANI NATASHA - 75/2001/1 - OF CRIMINAL APPEAL (INFERIOR), MALTA

KOLLIZJONI, DOVERI TA` MIN IKUN HIEREG GHAL FUQ IT-THROUGH ROAD TA` T JUNCTION - KOLLIZJONI, DOVERI TA` UTENT TA` TRIQ SEKONDARJA - KOLLIZJONI, PROPER LOOKOUT - KOLLIZJONI, REGOLA TA` PRECEDENZA F`T JUNCTION

Min ikun hiereg ghal fuq it-'through road` f'T-junction ghandu tlitt doveri:

1. dak li jieqaf kompletament biex jesplora it-through road u jibqa` wieqaf sa kemm ikun cert li jista' jinvadiha;

2. li jzomm kemm jista' jkun lejn ix-xellug tal-bokka wiesgha tal-junction u 'l gewwa mill-linja tat-triq biex b'hekk ikollu l-ahjar vizwali possibbli bla ma jintralcja fuq il-flow tat-traffiku transitanti fuq it-through road; u

3. li izzomm "a proper lookout" ghal traffikugej miz-zewg nahat , partikolarment ghal traffiku gej minn fuq il-lemin tieghu.

Hu dover ta'"driver to see what is in plain view" u li "min ma jarax dak li ragonevolment ghandu jara, ifisser li ma kienx qed izomm "a proper lookout".

Ghalkemm driver ghandu joqghod dejjem attent , sijajekk ikun fuq it-triq id-dritta, kemm ukoll jekk ikun sejjer jidhol fiha, hu intuwittiv li id-driver li jkun sejjer jidhol fit-triq id-dritta minn triq ohra, ghandu obbligu akbar minn dak tad-driverfuq it-triq id-dritta, u dana ghas-semplici raguni li hu jkun ser jaqsam l-"stream of traffic" lijkun hemm fuq it-triq id-dritta , mentri id-driver fuq it-triq id-dritta , ladarba ser ikompli ghad-dritt, ma jkun ser ifixkel lil hadd ."