DRUNKENNESS AND DRIVING
"■When a man repeats an offence such as being drunk in charge of a «ar, especially when his second conviction is not long after the first, ho should be kept off the road for a very long time, if not for life," said Dr. S. Brown when at the meeting of tho Southland- Motor Association he drew attention to a ease reported from Palmerston North, in which, fo.- a second «ffence, a man had had his driver's licence cancelled for only sis months in addition to a small monetary penalty. The amount of th-e fine, remarked Sr. Brown, did not greatly matter so far as the rest of the motoring community were concerned, but, in the interests of safety, he thought that 31; should bo made more difficult for a driver convicted of drunkenness to take a car on the road again and become a potential menace (reports an exchange. It was decided to forward a resolution to the South Island Motor Union protesting against light penalties in the ease of second offpnecs for dmnkenness while driving. '
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 43, 19 August 1930, Page 11
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180DRUNKENNESS AND DRIVING Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 43, 19 August 1930, Page 11
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