SPEED LIMIT.
WHY NOT ABOLISH IT ?
SUGGESTION FROM HAMILTON. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, this day. It was suggested at a meeting of the Hamilton Agency of the Automobile Association last night by Dr. A. G. Waddeif, president, that the speed limit for motor vehicles should be abolished, and that the term "driving to the common danger" should be substituted in the motor regulations. It was, he said, sometimes dangerous to drive at five miles an hour. Circumstances governed »acli case, and upon circumstances decisions should be based in the courts.
The speaker pointed out that in the new traffic regulations in England the speed limit of 20 miles, which was fixed by the first motor traffic law, was to be abolished, and "driving to the common danger" was to be substituted. It was decided to write to the Council of the Auckland Association suggesting the abolition of the speed limit.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 53, 4 March 1930, Page 8
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150SPEED LIMIT. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 53, 4 March 1930, Page 8
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