1 Speed Racer takes his squeeze Trixie on a wild spin throug

1. Speed Racer takes his squeeze, Trixie, on a wild spin through town in his hot racing car, the March 5. Paying more attention to Trixie than the road, Speed carelessly runs a stop sign and narrowly avoids hitting Chim-Chim, a pedestrian who is crossing the street at a crosswalk. Chim-Chim is terrified. Has Speed Racer committed an assault? Please answer and explain how the legal theory applies.

Solution

Solution :

Accidents take place everyday -- people are injured and property is damaged. When accidents happen, one of the first questions people typically ask is: \"Who was at fault?\"

The Legal concepts of contributory and comparative negligence address this question and provide a way to allocate fault between parties when the answer to this question is not entirely clear. As the terms imply, a party may contribute to an act of negligence or be comparatively negligent for his or her own injuries .

Negligence is a term used to characterize conduct that creates an unreasonable risk of harm to others. If a driver in an accident is negligent, and the negligence causes another person to become injured, then the driver is legally responsible for paying damages.

In this example of Speed Racer taking his squeeze for a wild spin , the racer is responsible for contributory negligence as he failed to notice the red light and he also put Chim Chim at risk of being injured due to the racers negligence . The racer may held entirely responsible for any injury caused to Chim Chim and Chim Chim can assert a contributory negligence claim against the race driver .