Question

Principle: A citizen is expected to take the reasonable duty of care while driving on the road and not to cause injuries to any person.

Facts: X, the owner of a car, asked his friend Y to drive the car to his office. As the car was near his (X' s) office, it hit a pedestrian P on account of Y' s negligent driving and injured him seriously. P sued X for damages.
The standard of care generally used in cases of negligence is the

Options

• skill and care of a professional person

• care taken by an intelligent and prudent man

• foresight of a prudent man

• skill and foresight of an ordinary person of prudence and competence

Answer 1

skill and foresight of an ordinary person of prudence and competence

Explanation:

Standard of care is based on the fores eight of an  ordinary prudent person