Question

PRINCIPLE: Whoever drives any vehicle, or rides, on any public way in manner so rash or negligent as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person, has committed an offence, which shall be punished in accordance with the law
FACTS: 'X', a truck driver, driving his vehicle rashly and negligently at a high speed climbed the footpath and hit 'Y', a pedestrian, from behind causing his death.

• A. 'X' not guilty of rash and negligent driving
• B. 'Y' should have taken sufficient care on the footpath
• C. 'X' is guilty of rash and negligent driving
• D. 'X' is only in part guilty or rash and negligent

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

'X' is guilty of rash and negligent driving

The legal principle makes rash and negligent driving as an offence. The essential is that such driving must endanger a human life or likely to cause injury or hurt. And must be done on any public way.

X is guilty of rash and negligent driving. Since he killed a pedestrian who was walking on the footpath that means he was driving in a way that'd endanger a human life. in this case the life of 'Y'