The accused was charged with careless driving following a motor vehicle collision at an intersection.
The Crown presented evidence from police officers and the other driver involved in the collision.
The accused testified that she stopped at the stop sign, looked both ways, waited for traffic to pass, and then proceeded into the intersection where she was struck.
The court applied the legal test from R. v. Beauchamp and R. v. Wilson, finding that while the accused made a brief mistake in judgment, this constituted mere inadvertent negligence rather than the degree of carelessness required for conviction.
The charge was dismissed.
