"SPEED FIENDS."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1932, Page 8

"SPEED FIENDS."

YOUTHS ON MOTOR CYCLES. MAGISTRATE'S WARNING. •—' / / _ PROTECTION OF PEDESTRIANS. "I'll have to endorse licenses- in futurs if people continue to cut corners," said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., tliis morning in the Magistrate's Court, wlien dealing with cases of breaches of the by-laws. He went on to say that the offence was becoming far too prevalent. Detectivc Sergeant Kelly, who rwas prosecuting, also referred to the mereasU practice of youths on motor bicycles speeding .along the roads. Four, who were fined £I. and 10/ each, were desenbed as "speed fiends" by. the police oflicer. I-Ie =aid the four had been racing along concrete roads, and since the advent of motor cycle racing they were inclined to think that the roads were there as special speedway tracks made for tliem. Speeding at St. Helier's. Speeding at St. Helier's was also complained of by residents and others. In one case it was alleged that a youth in a motor car, which contained a party of "-iris, had driven along the waterfront at 35 miles hour to the danger of children and pedestrians. Evidence had been given that on prcvious_oecasions other youths had caused residents i much trouble and inconvenience, and at times it was dangerous for people, and children especially, to cross the road. In fining- tlie accused £1 and costs, amounting to £1 19/, as well as -cndorsing his driver's license, Mr., Hunt said, "This young man is becoming a pest in the district, and the next time he comes up before me he will lose his license. He must be taught a lesson." Driving Without License. A fine of £10, or a month's imprisonment, was the decision in the case of Carl B. Herforth, who pleaded guilty to not having a motor driver's license. The evidence showed that Herforth had been previously fined £25 for being intoxicated when in charge of a car, and his license had been endorsed for six months. During the Christmas holidays, thinking that negotiations for a remission of the restriction had been successful, he had driven a car. When a constable had called at his home about the negotiations, he had discovered that Herforth was out driving.