Rise In Driving Age Rejected
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, November 29. The New Zealand Road Safety Council re* jected a Bay of Islands recommendation that the minimum age for a driver’s licence to be increased from 15 to 16.
The Commissioner of Transport (Mr R. J. Polascheck) said the dangerous ages were between 15 and 25, but the 15-year-oid person, as far as could be calculated, was possibly a little safer than the 16, 17 or 18-year-old person. The meeting decided to ask local road safety committees
to examine the possible statement of clubs for peoples who had been saved from death or serious injury by the use of seat belts. Mrs E. Tombleson, M.P., supporting the recommendation from the National Safety Association, said it could be something like Alcoholics Anonymous—for people who had been saved. The council supported compulsory chemical testing of drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol. It did not stipulate any particular method of testing. It rejected a suggestion that a condition be attached to the awarding of a driving licence whereby the driver agreed to submit himself to an alcohol test if required.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31540, 30 November 1967, Page 10
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