Power-Pole Collisions
Sir,—Seth Newell considers radar cars are purposely sited where most revenue from “custom” may be found, and like everyone else, wants poles set back from the kerbs. The latter costs money, the former produces money; so we need more radar cars. Apart from revenue aid to road-safety, these cars are seen, or should be, doing vital work where schools come out, near sports grounds at weekends, and where poles occur more dangerously than usual. Mr Newell refers to roads he considers “comparatively safe areas,” there are no such places. The fact that anyone is stopped by a radar patrol proves, because either he did not see it, misjudged his speed, had a faulty speedometer, or was just contemptuous, that he was driving in comparative danger. How well could he anticipate the implications of poles, if he could not anticipate kerbside radar Cars? There may be no need to salute them, only to remember they are salutary.— Yours, etc., A. B. CEDARIAN. July 4, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31723, 5 July 1968, Page 8
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