Crime On The Roads
Sir, —It seems strange that the real cause of crime, disobedience of traffic laws, is always being side-tracked. A
correspondent attacks “moderate drinkers,” alleging “Dutch courage.” Churchill, savouring his brandy, once told Montgomery that, if he were not a teetotaller he would be a better general.
The wowser would ban his opposite from the bowser. He is probably a bad driver because he is intolerant. A drink is no more dangerous than fatigue, illness, worry, faulty eyesight, cold, heat, radio, or rubbernecking. Excess of any can be disastrous. A drink under the belt is better than a back-seat—or side-seat driver. How many accidents have been caused by the words, “Look out!” when the driver is already looking out at a much closer contingency and has his attention jerked elsewhere? Fate cannot be implemented, but the law can be. It is not being sufficiently done. —Yours, etc., PEGASUS. July 23, 1965.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30811, 24 July 1965, Page 14
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