The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1972] 1 QB 270
[COURT OF APPEAL]
O'CONNELL
v.
JACKSON
[1969 O. No. 8005]
1971 June 17;
July 7
July 7
Russell, Edmund Davies and Cairns L.JJ.
Road Traffic
— Negligence
— Contributory negligence
— Moped colliding with car
— Car driver solely responsible for accident
— Moped rider not wearing crash helmet
— Reliance on Highway Code
— Whether moped rider guilty of contributory negligence
—
Road Traffic Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2, c. 16), s. 74 (5)[1]
Law Reform
— Whether necessary
— Road traffic
— Crash helmet
— Desirability of regulation requiring wearing of protective headgear
—
Road Traffic Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2, c. 59), s. 41
[2]