FASTER TRAVEL.

Auckland Star, Issue 38, 14 February 1929, Page 11

FASTER TRAVEL.

MOTORING TENDENCIES. SAFETY ON HIGHWAYS. •HUGGING" OF CORXEKS.

An increase of at least ten miles an hour iu the speed of motor traffic during

the next ten years was forecasted at the half-yearly meeting of the North Island Motor Union to-day by a Wanganui delegate (Mr. I. V. Wilson).

•"•Super-elevation should lie provided on the corners to carry heavy traffic up to 4.) miles an hour," said Mr. Wilson.

hvidenee of the modern tendency of motor car construction to provide for safe travelling at ever-increasing speed:was submitted in a report from the V. anganui Automobile Association. The report suggested the super-elevation on the highways should be based on a margin of safety over and above what wa» considered would be the maximum speed a motor vehicle would be likely to travel a curve in (say) ten years' time. j lie fact that roads had to provide for all classes of traffic must not be overlooked. A safety margin of live miles an hour was recommended.

Ihe \\ anganui Association denied it was advocating a higher rate of speed, and stated, if a sufficient margin were not provided, there was a tendency to make motorists hug the corner, which was a source of danger. The possibilitv on a greasy two-way corner was that a man travelling at a higher speed than the super-elevation provided for might skid and possibly collide with a niotori-: on the outside travelling at a normal •'peed. The careful motorist n\ . n titled to a larger margin of safe: v. "Lhe old corners got into a had habit, owing to no ir\ iili< being provided." added t In-" i'-port. Mr. A. Grayson. pr.'»ideni of tluA.A.A., said the super-el. \ atioii provide! on the main roads around Auckland «a- , generally adequate. It was decided to send the report 1" the Main Hiyhwavs Board.