INSPECTION OF BRAKES
MANY BELOW STANDARD (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 2. As part of the campaign to reduce road accidents, and with Christmas traffic in mind, Transport Department patrols during the four weeks to November 5, examined brakes on 41(>1 cars, 1355 light and 893 heavy trade vehicles, and 238 cars and trucks with trailers, caravans, etc., in various parts of New Zealand. Art analysis of the department’s reports shows that there are many dangerous vehicles on the roads. Of the cars, 2607 (well below twothirds), were in the “good” class; 256 had brakes below the safety level, and the rest scraped through as “fair.” Light trade vehicles made about the same showing. Heavy trade vehicles generally had better brakes than cars or light trucks with 30 failures out of the 893. Other vehicles including trailer and caravan combinations had the highest percentage (79.4) of good braking systems. The examination as a whole revealed that an average of 5.58 per cent, of all vehicles were poorly braked. i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 45, 3 December 1949, Page 2
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