Legislation on seat belts
(N.Z. Press Association)
• WELLINGTON, Nov. 26. The New Zealand Autoimobile Association will make ‘representations to the Government for some exceptions to the compulsory wearing by motorists of safety belts.
The association’s council meeting today decided to seek exemptions for medical or physical reasons, when work required a driver to get our frequently but when his vehicle is not travelling at more than 15 m.p.h., for a passenger aged over 70, and if a special exemption is granted by the Ministry of Transport. The council also decided to seek a lowering of the age for children from 15, as in the bill, to 10, and to make safety belts compulsory for taxi passengers. However, the association’s immediate past-president, Mr J. B. Horrocks, said the difficulty with lowering the age was that 15 was the legal driving age.
The Government had already acknowledged that the legislation would be imperfect in some instances, and that amendments would probably be required, he said. The council decided against asking that taxi-drivers be required to wear belts.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32775, 27 November 1971, Page 20
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