SAFETY GLASS
USE IN MOTOR-CARS
(By i'plegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, September 23,
The compulsory use of safety glass in the windscreens of all new motorcars coming into, or being assembled in, the Dominion, is favoured by the South Island Motor Union. At its annual meeting today the union decided to advise the Commissioner of Transport, who is considering the legislation to bring this about, of its views on the subject.
The commissioner, Mr. G. L. Laurenson, said in a letter it appeared that the • position called for definite legislation making the use of safety glass compulsory on all motor-vehicles assembled in or imported into New Zealand. By making this requirement apply to all new vehicles the position would automatically clear itself with a minimum hardship. ,If it was decided to embrace this in a regulation, reasonable time would be granted before it became effective, so that overseas manufacturers could be advised of the position. It might also be desirable, added Mr. Laurenson, to make it an offence to replace a broken windscreen in any motor-vehicle with plate-glass.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 19
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176SAFETY GLASS Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 19
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