RAILWAY CROSSINGS.
QUESTION OF STOPPING.
RAILWAY BOARD INSISTENT.
The suggestion from motor organisations that the provision requiring motorists to stop before crossing a railway line was unreasonable was the subject of a communication from the Government Railway Board to the Hamilton Automobile Association. The board stated that having regard to the issues involved, it eould not be held that the Act was unreasonable. The railway department was charged with the safety of many travellers and was in duty bound to make such provision as would prevent this safety being jeopardised in any way. Cases frequently occurred showing plainly that there were motorists who were willing to take undue risks, thereby jeopardising their own safety, and the safety of railway travellers. The board therefore could not agree to the removal of any of the present provisions governing the use of railway crossings. The board added that any action an the direction desired could not assist in achieving the object that motor organisations had in view, namely, that railway crossings should bo made safer for the motoring public. The letter was received.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 March 1926, Page 15
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180RAILWAY CROSSINGS. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 March 1926, Page 15
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