Road Safety
Sir,—l was recently advised to place a strip of glare shield across the top of my windscreen. Although my car has two sun visors at times it is impossible to see, driving into the sun; but glare shield cuts out all the glare and in no way interferes with your vision. I was surprised when I went for a warrant of fitness to be told to remove it as it was illegal. If road safety is required it would be far better to give some attention to these things than to waste money putting in roundabouts at busy intersections which in my opinion are only confusing road blocks.— Yours, etc., GLARE. June 17, 1958. [The Traffic Superintendent for the Christchurch City Council (Mr G. P. Kellar) replies: “Quite a number of cars are presented for inspection that have had a small strip of green anti-glare material attached to the top of the windscreen. When fitted too deeply it does obstruct the driver’s view under various conditions and in such cases will not be passed. The correspondent’s sun visor is evidently not efficient as prescribed by the regulation.”]
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28630, 5 July 1958, Page 3
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