ANTI-SMOKE LAW
TRAFFIC officers of the x Ministry of Transport have been told that when they issue an offence notice for a vehicle emitting an excessive amount of smoke or vapour they must specify the amount of smoke or vapour emitted and what effect it had, says an article in the latest issue of “Transport News,” the journal of the New Zealand road transport industry. Prosecutions would be based on the effect of the smoke, and in evidence the traffic officer would say the smoke was excessive because, for instance, the number
plate was obscured by It, or that some part of the roadway was hidden by it. All vehicles could emit smoke in certain circumstances, and traffic officers had been told they must observe a vehicle for long enough to ensure that the smoke was not just a temporary emission, the article said. “It is expected that the bulk of prosecutions will be taken against the company (owning the vehicle). In most cases where excessive exhaust smoke is emitted by a diesel vehicle, the problem can be easily overcome with proper mechanical maintenance.”
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31989, 16 May 1969, Page 9
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