Motorists not wearing seat belts
Christchurch drivers are lax about wearing their seat belts. In a month-long campaign by the Ministry of Transport, more than a quarter of the motorists stopped were not wearing the belts. Mr E. E. Dunlop, the senior chief traffic officer, said he was disappointed
about the number ot notices issued during the campaign, which was restricted to the urban areas. During the campaign, traffic officers stopped 1258 motorists and discovered that 356 drivers and 80 passengers were not wearing seat belts. Offence notices
were issued to 224 people. Mr Dunlop said an alarming number of people were not wearing seat belts and so more attentions would have to be paid to this. Blitzes covering other aspects of driving are planned by the Ministry, but Mr Dunlop would not elaborate.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19810903.2.35
Bibliographic details
Press, 3 September 1981, Page 3
Word Count
134Motorists not wearing seat belts Press, 3 September 1981, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in