What is the burden of driving with due care and attention?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Power v. White, 2010 BCSC 1084 (CanLII):
Driving with due care and attention assumes that one must be on the lookout for unexpected manoeuvres by other drivers. The burden imposed upon drivers is reasonably high: Stanowski v. Sammat , [1993] B.C.J. No. 1455 (S.C.) at para. 29, per Madam Justice Kirkpatrick.
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