OFFENDING MOTORISTS
Sir, —I agree with your correspondent, “Casualty.” Isn’t it the drunken driver who causes most of the accidents? He should be kept off the roads. Cyclists and pedestrians also need more education in road manners. —Yours, etc., „ l. a. McMeekan. March 21, 1955.
Sir,—l agree with “Casualty” that the time has come when drastic action must be taken against the drunken or reckless driver. Why pander to them any further? Paying a modest fine is no hardship; a term of imprisonment might be a deterrent Taking of life feloniously is a worse crime than theft, so why not imprison these drivers and make it impossible to have their licences restored? If that is a hardship and affects their employment, let them seek another occupation. In any case, I think there should be a law whereby a second offender would automatically have his driver’s licence cancelled permanently; and this punishment would fit the crime. Cannot we put these drivers off the roads and restore safety to our highways?— Yours, etc., CONCERNED March 21, 1955.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27614, 22 March 1955, Page 10
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