TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22139, 19 June 1935, Page 14

TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS

PTAHUHU COURT RETURNS Some indication of the surveillance of •traffic on the main highway between Westfiald and Papatoetoo carried out 'by the police and the traffic inspectors of the Mount.Wellington Road Board, the Otahuhu Borough Council and the Manukau County Council is contained in returns of traffic prosecutions dealt with at the Otahuhu Magistrate's Court during the last six months. These are of particular interest in view of the recent concern expressed over the traffic dangers on the Great South Road in that district arising from cyclists riding without lights after dark and riding in p careless manner generally. The returns show that since the beginning of the year to date 242 cases have been iaid before the Court in ,prosecutions under the statutory regulations and local by-laws governing road traffic. An analysis of the cases reveals !that. 152 motor-vehicle drivers were prosecuted for, dangerous driving and excessive speeds; 25 for having insufficient lights; 15 for negligent driving; nine for overloading; six for having; incorrect registration plates and discs; five for having no driving licences; lour for being intoxicated while in charge of (vehicles; and six for, various offences Buch as refusing to give information and failing to - stop after accidents. * J. eQ ty cyclists were prosecuted for aft ? r dark without lights and on footpaths.