A driver who is momentarily distracted by pedestrians crossing the road is not necessarily negligent in failing to return their gaze to the road immediately, where the distraction was a reasonable reaction to the circumstances. A plaintiff cannot, under the guise of a rehearing, advance a case on appeal that was not run at trial, particularly where the new submission was neither made to the trial judge nor put to relevant witnesses.
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