The Points System
Sir,—lt is questionable whether every person is fully capable of driving a motorcar. At speed, a motorcar is a lethal vehicle—potentially. The lives of many people depend upon a driver’s capacity to make quick decisions in the correct manner. Frequently we seer drivers making an error of judgment which, except for good luck, could result in. injury or death. These accident-prone drivers who persistently fail to observe the rules for safe driving—and of common sense—should not be allowed to drive when and where they like. Under the points system they themselves i whittle away their freedom to . drive, and all will agree that . this is fair and just—Yours, etc, F.W. : April 2, 1967.
Sir,—“Sophocles” considers that if his' 50-point system were in effect, there would have been a substantial reduction in the 150 deaths this i year. He is making the mis-
taken assumption that the drivers involved in those fatal accidents would have committed at least two serious traffic offences in the last 12 months. —Yours, etc, SOCRATES. April 3, 1967. [This correspondence is now closed. Ed, “The Press.”]
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31335, 4 April 1967, Page 16
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