THE SPEED LIMIT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 95, 22 April 1922, Page 6

THE SPEED LIMIT.

VALUE OF POLICE

MAGISTRATE SUGGESTS TRAGI

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The question of the value si j evidence regarding the speed of ti car came up during the-hearing Police Court case-to-day, in nil

motorist was charged with bavin. ceeded the speed limit of sixtwm per hour in Sumner; A coaitiU evidence said he estimated the sp defendant's car at thirty miles v He kept the vehicle in view for four chains. Defendant had beat about "three times the speed of i car

The magistrate asked how wa had known the speed of the car thirty miles an hour?

Witness: I have been on the

long time. _!:.,, The magistrate: WelX how did know defendant's speed?

Witness: By the tram ear. And at what speed was the trai going?

Witness: About the average.

The magistrate was not satisfied this, saying the average- rate wst ten, eight, or six miles an hour. . was one of those cases of alleged *? ing where there was contrafc evidence as to the rate of speed. 1 ness seemed to estimate speed, by p work. Of course he may. haye been the road a long time, so had many p headed people, but there was a to estimate speeds. Officers whose dnh is to detect breaches of byjaw* a gard to speeding should receive some telligent training as to how to f mate the speed of vehicles so as to f a reliable estimate. They conM taught to time a rider's or dtiri

speed between two points. A man « little practice could connt fen feca with the regularity and correetrw the hands of a watch. HoweTer, magistrate thought defendant ' doing more than the limit, and hupa a small fine. -