AAA & XY Insurance v ZZZ & ZX Insurance [2013] NZDT 6 (8 May 2013) [pdf, 63 KB]
...[10] I have had regard to ZZZ’s assertion that KA may have contributed to the collision by travelling too fast in the fog. However, there was insufficient evidence that this was the case. Both at the hearing and in his interview with the attending Police Officer, KA states that he was doing 60-70km/h, some 10km/h less than the speed the Police Officer felt was safe to travel at in the area that night. KA’s caution in this regard may in fact have spared him serious injury....