DANGER OF CARS WITH DEFECTIVE LIGHTS

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 68, 13 December 1939, Page 6

DANGER OF CARS WITH DEFECTIVE LIGHTS

Remit For North Island Motor Union Dominion Special Service. PALMERSTON N., December 12. A* claim that nearly 50 per cent, of the cars on the road had lights that were in some way or another defective was made by Mr. M. A. Eliott at a meeting of the Automobile Association (Manawatu). Defective lights, he said, were a potential danger, just as were defective brakes or any other part of a car. All motorists were supposed to have a warrant of fitness, and the matter should be taken up with the authorities. Motorists must know when their lights were oflt of order. Mr. T. M. N. Rodgers said it was difficult to prosecute in a case where a motorist could not tell whether his lights had just gone out or had been defective for a month. That was why there had been hesitation in prosecuting, but there was a tightening up now. One night he lind counted 17 cars between Prilmerston North and Levin with no taillights, and nine with only one headlight. Seven had only a left-hand light, and two only a right-hand one—-lie was not referring to English cars which extinguished one lamp when dipping. The association decided to draw the .attention of the local authorities to the matter, and to submit a remit to the North Island Motor Union.