Garages Not A Hazard
AFTER examining more than 4000 Christchurch traffic accidents, Mr A. E. Forsyth, a former Commissioner of Transport and now a traffic engineer and consultant, is convinced that service stations in urban areas do not create any significant traffic hazard.
In the area checked were 128 service stations, and it was estimated that In threeyears at least 10 million vehicles entered and left these premises. Only eight accidents were reported involving vehicles using the service stations. Seven of the accidents occurred at stations on corner sites and one outside
a mid-block garage. The accidents were almost all caused by careless driving or riding. Mr Forsyth said that every conflicting movement of vehicles in a traffic stream created a potential hazard, but most of these movements were necessary in normal street usage and were accepted. Because of their design, access to and from service stations was usually fraught with less hazard than access to many other types of businesses.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31321, 17 March 1967, Page 9
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