MOTORING SPEED
(To tho Editor.)
Sir,—Musi has been said about the drunken motorist. The Minister of Transport has been very busy in his campaign against this offender in an endeavour to lessen the road accidents In our country. Now, we hear that the drivers' tost is to be more strict. This appears an excellent idea and should apply to every motorist, whether he be a new applicant for a licence'or for a renewal, but surely our Minister is overlooking the main cause of the road accidents throughout tho Dominion: speed. This is our main trouble. It may be all very well for motorists in America to travel on more perfect highways than ours at speeds of 60, 70, and 80 miles an hour, but such speeds on roads in New Zealand can only be described as stupid. I think that a top speed of not more than 55 would be quite ample for anyone in New Zealand and would oiler the suggestion that some form of governor be fitted to all cars to conform with such a speed. If such a course were adopted, I am sure our road accident death rate would be considerably decreased.—l am, etc.,
FAST—BUT NOT TOO FAST,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1938, Page 8
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