Question juridique clé
Whether the victim committed self-fault by breaching pedestrian walking rules under Art. 49 SVG
Solution extraite
The pedestrian did not violate Art. 49 SVG because he walked next to, not on, the roadway; the rule to walk on the left applies to the carriageway, not to the area beside it.
Motifs extraits
The Court relied on the French wording and the structure of Art. 49 SVG and Art. 46 VRV, holding that the left-walking rule concerns the carriageway only. Since the claimant was beside the roadway, no traffic-rule breach could be imputed.