Traffic Behaviour
Sir, —While returning from Mid-Canterbury to Christchurch late on Sunday afternoon I saw some of the most “piggish” driving I have ever witnessed. Traffic was heavy in both directions and at times light rain was falling. Rafts of cars, 10 or more, were travelling at maximumallowable speed (plus) with, in a lot of cases, less than a car length between them. The slower drivers did, perhaps, contribute to the general melee, but the behaviour of some motorists in general and particularly in overtaking would have been dangerous even on the dodge-’em circuit. Continuous cutting out and cutting in was rife in the face of heavy oncoming traffic. Driving in heavy traffic is trying enough without the threat of the following car embossing your boot with his maker’s name. No wonder there are so many multipleimpact accidents. They ask for it and they get it, but unfortunately invariably involve an innocent party.—Yours, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. February 24. 1969.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31922, 25 February 1969, Page 16
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