HIGHWAY MADNESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)

HIGHWAY MADNESS.

That so many accidents hart alrcadv occurred during the holidays, Mr. Sempl'e said, was alarming. "i'he increased iiuniber of cars now on the road call* for greater vigilance, and I am determined to do my best to stop this highway madness. Fines and license fees amounting to about £30.000 a year, would form the nucleus of a fund to maintain a body of inspectors to patrol the roqds and enforce the laws." He ' V rink"- me S0 " le petro1 ' bo - fln "P the Ami some oil—l'm driving to-day. snake it up! ion know I'm a motoring .••rank ■ Ami auxious to get on mv war ro/l— at t,,e WhPel I ' m "'* of the All others are simply effaced : I ignore every law in the motorists* code, Impelled by a fever of haste. She's full, eh? Right-ho, then.' Get in bovs let s go! We're away with a buzz and a roar See. I.ji goes the speedo! Were travelling slow, * Unless we do sixty or more There's a car right ahead! You watch me cut. in : ' I'll crowd it right on to the grass. Honk honk! I'm a hog for creating a din If I m not permitted to pass. The trams? Level crossings? You give me a pain! Just watch me accelerate hard; There's never a thriller like racing a train And winning by less than a vard. Directions and signals? Qf course I can read. But when I am driving a ear My slogans are 'Hurry up!" "Make haste!" and "Speed!" Xo matter wherever we are. Pedestrians? Huh! Watch me splash 'em with m-id. And frighte.i 'em into the fence; A bloke who don't ride in a car is a dud— A person without any sense. The corners and bpnds? Hear the curses and squeals From motors I meet on the curves. When I demonstrate driving on only two wheels And shock 'em in dangerous swerves. "Highway madness?" Sez you! Hob Semple? Wuat-ho! And a limit of thirty miles per? With fines and inspectors wherever we go, <>r cases of speeding occur. Hooray, that's a thought! A job as a top! A speedster like me should enrol I To chase the offenders who "hit it on ton." i Atta, boy, for traffic control! —E.A. ■