lookout

The exercise of ordinary diligence requires that the driver of a motor vehicle be on the lookout for other travelers so that he may avoid placing himself or them in peril. As variously expressed, the rule requires that a motorist maintain a reasonable and proper lookout, which implies being watchful of the movements of the driver's own vehicle as well as of the movements of other traffic; a careful lookout; an efficient lookout; a vigilant watch ahead. A lookout must be made from the most effective place reasonably possible. The failure of a motorist to exercise ordinary care with respect to lookout, proximately resulting in injury or damage, may constitute negligence. Pickett v. Travelers Indem. Co., C.A.Wis., 283 F.2d 835.

That watchfulness which prudent and reasonable person must maintain for his own safety and safety of others taking into consideration circumstances with which he is immediately concerned or confronted. Cobb v. Atkins, 239 Ark. 151, 388 S.W.2d 8, 11.

Generally, a "lookout" is a person, other than pilot, who has duty of observing sounds, lights, echoes and obstructions to navigation and he is generally stationed on the bow of the vessel. Clary Towing Co., Inc. v. Port Arthur Towing Co., D.C.Tex., 367 F.Supp. 6, 12.

See also proper lookout