MOTOR VEHICLES BILL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 234, 10 September 1924, Page 4

MOTO R VEHICLES BILL.

ASSOCIATION’S RECOMMENDATIONS. To discuss the Motor Vehicles Bill and the remits prepared by the subcommittee for the conference which is to be held in Wellington, a special general meeting of the Hawke’.3 Bay Automobile Association was held yesterday afternoon in Napier. All P. 8. McLean presided. | The recommendation that the lowest age for the holder of & motor driver’s license should be raised from 15 to 17 years was approved. It was decided to suggest that till motor cycles and push cycles should either carry a rear lamp or reflector. Several members remarked upon the difficulty of seeing a cyclist on the road ahead. At times it was almost impossible to see them until right upon them. There was no difficulty in seeing cycles if they had reflectors. It was decided to oppose the clause of the bill which gave exemption from fees to cars owned by public authorities and used exclusively for general or local purposes of a public nature.. It was contended that these cars used the roads maintained by the public and were subject to the same rules as private cars. It was agreed “that a motor driver’s license shall be obtainable only from the local authorities controlling the area in which the applicant resides.”