Licensing Hours
Sir, —T. A. D. Wilson draws attention to the relation of drinking hours to road deaths. Transport Department statistics for last year show Saturdays, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., as having the heaviest casualties of any hour in the week in spite of the relatively light traffic density. It is not a fluke that Australia reports 10 p.m. to 11 p.m., Chicago 5 a.m. to 6 a.m., and other large cities in the United States 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.—coincidence of road toll with driiiking close-down. If the television feature, “Compass,” Jgave the sugges-
tion that extended drinking hours would ease our alarming (and to a large extent unnecessary) road carnage it is fooling people. The most dangerous hour of the week would merely shift to another time. My plea: telecasters, please produce a documentary on the relationship between alcohol and driving ability. Handled with accuracy and courage it would alert the public and fortify the politicians. Together, we could act redemptively.— Yours, etc., PHILLIP RAMSAY. November 5, 1965.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30901, 6 November 1965, Page 14
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