Question

Austin, Texas has passed a local ordinance that provides all motor vehicles must provide at least three feet of clearance when passing a bicycle. Ted is driving his vehicle and accidentally hits Zoey. His actions of violating the local ordinance and hitting Zoey constitute

Answer 1

negligence per se

Step-by-step explanation:

Negligence per se -

According to this offense , it is the breaking of the statute , which is applied to save the people from a particular type of danger or harm .

It is based on , the duty of care .

And , the duty of care , is determined by the jury under the normal negligence rules .

Similarly in the question , Ted hit Zoey accidentally and constitutes , negligence per se .