Practice question
At the time of a collision, a driver is proved to be violating a traffic regulation. The driver claims that the court may not consider any negligence presumption unless the claimant directly saw every steering movement. Which is correct?
- Every movement must be directly witnessed
- The statute applies only to parked bicycles
- The court must ignore the regulation
- The driver is automatically guilty of every crime
- Article 2185 supplies a rebuttable presumption on its proven facts, without requiring that particular direct observation
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 2185: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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