What is the burden of a driver who approaches or faces a yellow light?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Elima v Dhaliwal, 2017 BCSC 1922 (CanLII):
The driver who approaches or faces a yellow light bears the onus of establishing, under s. 178 of the Act, that he or she was unable to stop safely: Vapheas at para. 34 and Ziani v. Thede, 2011 BCSC 895 at para. 26.
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