POINT FOR MOTORISTS.
MEANING OF "INTERSECTION." SUPREME COURT'S RULING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. A neat point concerning the rules of the road was raised in the Supreme Court to-day, in an appeal by John Fary against the decision of Mr. Tate, S.M., at the Eltham Court that in a collision which occurred both drivers were negligent. Fary appealed to-day, and Mr. Justice Ostler reversed the decision of the Lower Court, allowing the appellant ten guineas costs. The chief reason for the nonsuit of Fary was that he crossed an "intersection" at a greater speed than 12 miles, contrary to the by-laws. After consulting a dictionary the judge decided that a road joining another without crossing it did not constitute an intersection, and that Fary's speed of 25 miles was not unreasonable if he took all precautions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 10
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138POINT FOR MOTORISTS. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 10
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