DEAF MOTORIST.
ENGLISH FATALITY.
Licenses Issued Without
Inquiry.
JURY DECLINES TO COMMENT
(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
(Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, January 4. At an inquest at Sutton, a solicitor disclosed -a fact that "will appear strange to Australian and New Zealand motorists —that it is unnecessary in England to state whether or not one is deaf when applying for a license. The deaf motorist concerned was involved in a fatal accident, but had driven 150,000 miles without hitting anything. The coroner advised tlie jury to decide whether it was advisable for the- motorist to continue driving, but the jury, in giving a verdict of accidental death, did not comment on the question. A Royal Automobile Association official, referring to the ease, said the tendency nowadays was to drive by sight, not by sound.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 4, 5 January 1934, Page 8
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