Reference: Volume 42F (1958), Part No. 4, Section , Page 1542

Judgement Details


Date
13/12/1958
Court
OF CRIMINAL APPEAL (INFERIOR)
Judiciary
HARDING WILLIAM
Parties
IL-PULIZIJA vs CAPT. ARTHUR GERA
ECLI
N/A
Judgement Type
-
Linked Case
N/A

Keywords / Summary


Keywords
"PEDESTRIAN" - "RES IPSA LOQUITUR" - "SUDDEN EMERGENCY" - TRAFFIKU
Summary
Jekk f'incident tat-traffiku jikkonkorru cirkustanzi li jikkostitwixxu "Res Ipsa Loquitur", dawk ic-cirkostanzi ma jistghux ma jwaqqghux ix-xhieda kuntrarja tad-driver involut fl-incident. Jekk id-driver kien qieghed isuq bi speed eccessiv, u anki irragonevoli fic-cirkustanzi tal-hin u tal-lokalita', il-fatt li huwa jara char-a-banc wieqaf fil-stage jimpon lu grad akbar ta' attenzjoni, fejn hu mistenni li jinzlu minnu n-nies u jaqsmu l-linja tat-traffiku; a differenza tal-kaz fejn passiggier johrog minn char-a-banc mhux fi stage regolari u f'daqqa wahda. Id-difiza tas-"sudden emergency" ma tistghax tigi sollevata b'success meta kien hemm "qabel" vjolazzjoni mill-parti tad-driver, ghax allura jkun hu stess li holoq l-emergenza b'dik li tissejjah "self-created incapacity", in kwantu li masetghax izomm "a tempo" stante li kien miexi bi speed zejjed. Hawn Malta, fl-"pedestrians" ma ghandhomx il-beneficcju ta' sistema organizzat ta' "controlled crossings", u ghalhekk din ic-cirkustanzaghandha tigi kundsidrata f'kazi ta' investiment ta' "pedestrians". Kieku d-driver kien qieghed isuqsewwa, vwoldiri bi speed adattat ghac-cirkustanzi tal-post, allura l-"pedestrian" li jigi ferut kien jilhaq jaqsam it-trieq b'inkolumita', jew, kieku baqa' xi ftit lura, id-driver kien jilhaq izomm fil-hin.




Operational Programme 1
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