MOTORING ON THE HUTT ROAD

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 136, 12 June 1939, Page 8

MOTORING ON THE HUTT ROAD

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—ln today's "Evening Post" a correspondent writes under the norn de plume of "Motorist" and admits pulling out deliberately to hinder other traffic from passing. ' This is ' more dangerous, I think, than a person trying to pass. I would like to bring "Motorist's" mind back to the Hutt Road the month previous to its being under construction, and he will find there were more accidents before than since with all the mud. We have to admit the days of the crowns on the roads have gone, like the horse and cart, and we must have wider roads with banked curves, and although they allow extra speed they cut down the risk of accident, and a life saved is money well spent. I have to travel over this particular piece of road several times a day, and feel sorry for the workmen who have to put in their eight hours with no car around -them to keep the mud and slush off, and have to take it with a smile. A good idea for any motorist who doesn't want to get mud on his car in the middle of winter is to put it in a box or buy a hose. —I am, etc., ANOTHER MOTORIST. ' June 9.