NORTH ISLAND MOTOR UNION

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21246, 18 August 1934, Page 6

NORTH ISLAND MOTOR UNION

♦ CONFERENCE AT NAPIER lI'KESS ASSOCIATION ITIXGEAH.) NAPIER, August 17. The Commissioner of Transport advised the North Island Motor Union'? conference that on straight roads a pedestrain should walk on the righthand side. Thus persons walking on highways would always face approaching traffic. The letter was formally received. Alleging that the Government made a profit of £12,000 per annum from the sale of motor number-plates, Mr E. A. Batt moved that the union support a proposal that the Is 6d paid by the Highways Board to the Post and Telegraph Department for each set of num-ber-plates be discontinued. The motion was lost, Wellington. Auckland, and South Taranaki voting against it. The following decisions were reached at the conference, which was presided over by Mr W. A. O'Callaghan:— That the speed limit of 30 miles an hour in towns be deleted, driving to the common danger to be the only offence as regards speed on dustiestroads. That the onus of proof of responsibility be shifted from defendant to complainant. That pedestrian traffic be controlled. That a driver be allowed 48 hours to produce his driver's license. That authority be given to inflict imprisonment up to six months for the second and subsequent offences of driving without a license. That licenses be revokable by the issuing body if the driver becomes unfit to drive. That no prosecution be permitted ■ unless defendant be given notice thereof within .seven days of the alleged ' offence. r That the penalty for hit-and-run motorists be increased from £2O to £IOO. • That power be given to regulate al! traffic. I That traffic officers be not created special constables.