Call for big signs
(N.Z. Press Association) , ’ WELLINGTON, i | A strong plea for bigger [ I ■' “lollipop” signs on all school crossing patrols was 1 made by delegates to the < :;New Zealand Traffic In- i Tstitute’s conference. > ? Although the larger signs ( ’ have been introduced inji )jsome districts by local; . authorities, the delegates > (were concenred that the - proposal had not been sanc- : tioned by the Ministry of ; Transport. ? This is the third confer[ence to urge the mandatory use of the larger signs. Traffic offences on school [patrol crossings had been re-| duced considerably when the! larger signs were introduced. The conference also urged. I that the inclusion of pass-! port-type photographs in all [ driver’s licences be reconsi- : dered bv the Ministry of i 1 Transport, and that drivers . ’’ refusing to accompany a ' ; policeman or traffic officer " ‘ito a police station for a [ ’ i blood specimen to be taken 1 ■ should face mandatory dis-!i ’qualification from driving,] > the conference recom- , ■■mended. [‘
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33965, 4 October 1975, Page 22
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158Call for big signs Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33965, 4 October 1975, Page 22
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