TRAFFIC POLICE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18672, 22 April 1926, Page 9

TRAFFIC POLICE.

—« — FOR COUNTRY ROADS. HAWKE>S BAY PROPOSAL. (P&EB8 ASBOOIATIOJC TELXOBAM.) NAPIER, April 21. A conference of delegates representing counties from Wairoa to Pahiatua to-day discussed a proposal to ensure the more strict enforcement of traffic by-laws by the appointment of traffic police, under a joint scheme. Mr J. W. Ellingham (Daunevirke), who introduced the subject, stated that motorists had now had sufficient time to understand tho by-laws, and it was up to the Council to have them more stnngontly enforced than in the past. The traffic police would be provided with oars and weighing jacks. With the latter they could jack up a lorry and weigh it, and if it was found to be overloaded the policeman could forco part of the load to be immediately put off. A measure such as that would soon make drivers careful. Others neglected to carry re- • Sectors or had loads projecting too far over the sides. Unless Councils , v/orked together on a uniform system they would never get anywhere. '\Mr Ellingham's suggestion is the : solution," said Mr A. CT Russell (Waipukurau). "Three-quarters of my lot would be in the dock for speeding if '■ we had policing throughout the i district." i Mr H. M. Campbell. M.P., said: i "It is absolutely necessary that some- ; thing should be done. Why, I had a ; case told me that happened only within the last 24 hours, when a car driver j had to do 58 miles an hour in an 1 endeavour to catch a lorry, and then i couldn't do it!" Delegates generally favoured joint action rather than each county acting Independently. It was decided to ask all counties to give an expression of opinion on the proposal to institute such a scheme. =====