MOTOR ACCIDENTS.
APPALLING INCREASE.
MODERN CARS BLAMED.
(By Telegrnpli.—Press Association.)
INVERCARGILL, Friday.
"The greatest contributing factor in motor aciclents is the element of speed," said Mr. W. H. Freeman, S.M., in an address to the Southland Justices of the Peace Association to-day. "It seems to be the modern tendency to rush everything. It is the modern ear that is the cause of the appalling increase in motor accidents, not the old crock of a car, as is sometimes suggested. Silent acceleration, stcamlining, high power, and effortless speed are. the troubles. Mechanical improvement in the past five years has been rapid, and I think the banian being fails to appreciate the highly efficient and dangerous piece of machinery he is controlling. "I venture to say," continued Mr. Freeman, "that a good 10 per cent of drivers could not tell you what makes the car travel, beyond possibly saying, 'You turn that key and push that, and shove this, and she's off.' I think mechanical development has outstripped mental appreciation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 17
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