DRIVING COURSE
All 28 Pupils Pass Twenty-eight secondary school pupils who graduated from the fifth driving course arranged by the Automobile Association in conjunction with the Ministry of Transport, were told yesterday that traffic officers should be looked upon as their friends. Traffic Superintendent A. Garriock, of the Ministry of Transport, said that quite a few people in the community had the wrong impression of traffic officers. These were probably people who only read the court news in the newspapers.
“We try to co-operate with drivers but we need your help," he said. Mr J. R. Mating, president of the Automobile Association (Canterbury), who presented certificates, said Christchurch had a shocking name for bad driving. This was not the fault of the enforcement agencies but of drivers who did not exercise courtesy, patience and tolerance. He called on the pupils to set an example to other young people. The association's secretary (Mr E. S. Palliser) said that with the successful graduation of all 28 pupils, the 100 per cent pass rate since the courses began 18 months ago had been maintained.
For future courses the S.I.M.U. Mutual Insurance Association had agreed to provide a special instruction car on loan and to defray its running costs.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31975, 30 April 1969, Page 14
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