What is the test for following a motor vehicle following a collision involving two other vehicles?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Greenway-Brown v Kyung, 2018 BCSC 287 (CanLII):
The analysis of Baker J. in Pryndik v. Manju, 2001 BCSC 502, at paras. 21 and 27 has application here: The operator of a motor vehicle, following other vehicles, should keep his vehicle under sufficient control at all times to be able to deal with an emergency such as the sudden stopping of a vehicle in the line of vehicles ahead and the telescope effect that results, as each successive driver attempts to bring his or her vehicle to a halt. ... This was, in my view, a straightforward case of a driver who failed to ensure that he allowed sufficient space between himself and the preceding vehicle to stop safely when the line of traffic ahead of him halted. The plaintiff's claim must be dismissed.
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