DRIVING SKILL TESTED
Department’s New Machine A driver's steering, braking reaction, horn and dip action, reversing and packing ability can all be gauged by a driver-testing device to be demonstrated in Cathedral square by the Transport Department on Thursday, April
The unit cost £l7OO, and wag given to the Transport Department by BP (N.Z.). Ltd., in the mtereMs of road It has a Mb like that of a car. with all the vital equipment—•teeriog wheel, brakes, clutch gear lever and dashboard. Mounted on an inclined panel in front of the driver is a model car which must be controlled to *ll sorts of sttuatsons. The whole unit, complete with * daylight projection system, is boused to a caravan. and can be towed to schools and shows far demonetrafion purposes, and to the department's driver improvement courses.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30091, 27 March 1963, Page 15
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