ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNS
Success Depends
On Public
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, August 26.
Any fall in the number of road accidents depended largely on public opinion. Professor A- L. Goodhart, a prominent English legal authority, said in Auckland today. Professor Goodhart said that if the public thought of road offences as really serious, drivers and other road users would be more careful. Road accidents could be reduced by nearly half. “It has been done in factories and mines.”
The only way to stop drinkers from driving was the Scandinavian system. There a driver commits an offence if he has more than a particular alcohol content in his blood whether he is under its influence or not. “The most dangerous driver is the one who seems to be sober, but is made over-optimistic by the amount of alcohol he has drunk,” he said. '‘Scandinavian results suggest that at least 25 per cent, of accidents can be avoided in this way, but even if the figure was only 10 per cent., the rule would be worthwhile.” Professor Goodhart said he thought the standard of driving in New Zealand was higher than in England.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28984, 27 August 1959, Page 16
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