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SPEED OF MOTOR CAR JUDGE'S ADVICE TO WITNESSES [Per United Press Association.] HAMILTON, October 21. When summing up after the hearing of a driving charge, Mr Justice Blair said that a great number of people who gave evidence in court relating to speed could not judge the speed of a wheelbarrow, yet they spoke glibly about the speed of a motor car. Actually many of them did not know what a mile ,or an hour was. His Honour added that he thought it would be better if witnesses spoke in terms of intensity of speed, such as slow or moderately fast. Many people knew as much about defining speed an hour as they did about picking winners on a racecourse. When speaking of speed, people were in a world of which they thought they knew everything, but of which they really knew nothing, said His Honour. It was all a matter of guesswork.
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Evening Star, Issue 23094, 21 October 1938, Page 8
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156MATTER OF GUESSWORK Evening Star, Issue 23094, 21 October 1938, Page 8
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