Orderly motorists

Press, 17 April 1979, Page 6

Orderly motorists

A heavy but orderly stream Of Easter week-end traffic, | flowed into Christchurch yes-, terday, giving traffic patrols) little cause for worry. There were few reports of! bad driving in the rush which, started about 3.30 p.m. By I 8 p.m. traffic had quietened) down, a Ministry of Trans-1 port spokesman said. A youth, aged 18, was admitted to the intensive care) unit at Christchurch Hospital with serious leg injuries) after he came off his motorcycle at Governor’s Bay. He) Is Mark Leffelaar. of Main; Road. Governor’s Bay. One person was treated at!

11 Christchurch Hospital for , iminor chest injuries after a -,car and a cattle truck col-) sjlided at the intersection ofl the Main South Road and) fj Carmen Road. i The accident occurred at '15.47 p.m. The Fire Service, I [was called to lay sawdust on • Idiesel that had spilled on the i road. •I Only three positive breath--tests were taken by the Ministry of Transport yesterday. Fourteen emergency petrol permits were issued over the -week-end by the Christchurch -police. I Service-station proprietors .1 reported that many’ motorists

had tried to buy petrol on Good Friday, but the num)ber of requests to the police [had been smaller than at [several normal week-ends, said a police spokesman. The police issued three permits on Friday, seven on Sunday and four yesterdav. Only four applications for permits were received yesterday. Most of the exemptions, were granted for medical reasons, said a police spokesman. Petrol was available from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday. Sales started again today at 6 a.m.