THE “ACID TEST”
COGTOR ON DRUNKEN DRIVER ARRESTS A TEST DRIVE RECOMMENDED [P=K United Frees Association.]! WELLINGTON, January 29. “ As far as we doctors are concerned it would bo a good thing towards determining a man’s fitness to drive if in doubtful cases of intoxication the suspected person should be allowed to, drive his car, said Dr A. A. Tennent, when giving evidence as a witness in the Magistrate’s Court before Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., in a case in which a taxi proprietor was charged with being found intoxicated in charge of a motor car. The Magistrate: It appears to be the only acid test. There would be no danger because the _ driving would be done under supervision. Dr Tennent: The doctors would be grateful for this opportunity. The Magistrate: Of course, where a case is truly borderline the verdict must be in the defendant’s favour.^ After hearing evidence on both sides the magistrate dismissed the case, saying there was a doubt.
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Evening Star, Issue 22560, 30 January 1937, Page 10
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