MOTOR CAR ACCIDENTS.

Evening Star, Issue 26153, 15 July 1947, Page 8

MOTOR CAR ACCIDENTS.

Sir, —It is a general opinion that the older class of motor car is ,a greater contributor to highway accidents than is the new. However, in almost all accidents involving motor vehicles it has been proven that the human element has been the contributing factor. The’modern high-powered car is capable of amazing speed, delivered with such apparent lack of effort that the driver has little indication that lie is travelling at excessive speed. To my mind, the need for the utmost care.in the issue of warrants of fitness applies more readily to the modern vehicle, with all its death-dealing potentialities. The older type of car is usually of a more rugged and enduring type. Providing sensible maintenance is observed, it is surprising how little time affects the older model's efficiency. Also, a vehicle which habitually travels at around 30 miles per hour is more readily kept under control than the car capable of speeds

in excess of 70 miles per hour, when the driver as tempted by an open road. Many owners of older cars are also the proud owners of long accident-free driving records. Perhaps the older vehicles are constructed of better materials than their sleek-modern descendants.—l am, etc., D. Brosnan. July 11.,