California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fuller v. Dep't of Transp., 251 Cal.Rptr.3d 549, 38 Cal.App.5th 1034 (Cal. App. 2019):
LaChance's conduct was reckless and just as unforeseeable as a wrong-way driver. (See, e.g., Chowdhury v. City of Los Angeles (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 1187, 1196, 45 Cal.Rptr.2d 657 [no foreseeability "that irresponsible drivers will race 100 miles per hour down a highway or drive the wrong way down a one-way street, in violation of the traffic laws"].) "As one court has observed, any property can be dangerous if used in a sufficiently improper manner. For this reason, a public entity is only required to provide roads that are safe for reasonably foreseeable careful use. [Citation.]" ( Ibid. ) " Thus, a public entity should not be liable for injuries resulting from the use of a highway safe for use at 65 at 90 miles an hour, even though it
[251 Cal.Rptr.3d 558]
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