ROAD SAFETY.
The par. in your i.-. M ie ~f the 12th inst. fluent the danirer of vehicles backing out from Blandford Park is timely. Motor \ohicl,->s moving in reverse are dangerous where there is much traffic. There can Ik- no doubt about that, and it is now that a thorough inspection of service station* should be made by tV authorities, and the owners he made to' mak-» alterations t<. conform to road safety. There are in Auckland city service stations' that aro ,<>bvioii>ly a pnbliV menace and should h<* immediately altered or closed down. A -traij'.ii drive in to the pump- means that .-ar< and I trucks have to back nut into an ;i'u,.-.-t conI tiniiriiirf stream of trafli-. ] ha\e mtii :i:.iny j "close shave-"' ..ut-i<l- one *u.-h anil I I eannot help thinking tbiM 1 -»-.ner n- i;t;it there will iw> i( tragedy. Witli the in- ■■:•.:< ~'uz motor traffic th" time h:i- nv>-: c:Tt:iinly arrived for a general rexiew ~i -cr\ i ■•• -ta;i ■<>-■ Or will we wnit until a tra™ndy ilu-- •■ -.-ur (as Auckland aixvavs v< <bi :■•> emphasise the urgency of a-ti->n iic-dcl': SAFETY Fli:<T.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 140, 16 June 1939, Page 6
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187ROAD SAFETY. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 140, 16 June 1939, Page 6
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