ONE A DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 126, 31 May 1939, Page 13

ONE A DAY.

ROAD FATALITIES.

AN " UNENVIABLE RECORD."

APPEAL FOR GREATER CARE.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Tuesday

flip toll (if the road for the past fio ( I«»ys is 50 lives. This is an unenviable l'econ], said tin* Minister of Transport, tin; Hon. Ft. Se in i ile, in an appeal to iimfori>ts to-day. "l.a«t year Xcw Zealand motorists prolialily had the lowest fatal accident record per 10,000 in any country in the world, but if w c continue this year as we lur.e started that proud position will •M' IUSt. It is tin- (lrivinj; habits of every man and every woman who will receive a license during the next few weeks that will determine whether 31H) or 200 lives will be sacrificed on the roads this year, hverv individual road user must realise us responsibility, Regulations and control may simplify and clarify this responsibility, 1 >„t cannot remove it. A vain attempt to substitute speed for safety or a momentary relaxation of care may bring untold distress and grief to innocent and unprotected persons. ' .Motorists must remember, too. that oenztne and liquor do not mix. During the last 12 months we were fortunate in being able to reduce the fatal accident rate 10.4 per 10.001) vehicles. Gratifying though that may be, the fact leninins that 2>.» persons were fatallv injured during the year. Let us make Him year the «afes» in our history bv wa Iking sensibly and dri\ing safely. - '