SPEEDING MOTORISTS: “FAIR COP” ONLY
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 6. The electronic “speed cop” employed by the Transport Department would definitely remain a “fair cop,” said an officer of the Transport Department today in commenting on a report that a new device, which when left unattended on the roadside could automatically photograph passing vehicles exceeding the speed limit, was expected to be introduced into New Zaland. A statement to this effect was report; ed to have been made to the Rangitikei County Council yesterday by its engineer, Mr H. Murray Reid. The Transport Department stated today that it had not heard of such a device. While such a device was perfectly. feasible, the department would not use it if or when built, as the policy upon which traffic patrols almost invariably operated was one of a “fair coo.”
In other words, if a traffic offence is committed the offender should be ,told immediately—except when the circumstances forbade it.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22940, 7 May 1949, Page 6
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