A high rate of speed for motor traffic was not regarded in the same light in England as in New Zealand, said Dr. E. A. Walker at the New Plymouth notary Club luncheon, and offending motorists were not penalised ns heavily. With an absence of speed limits it was nothing to see cars streaming along the Strand at. from 35 to 40 miles per hour. Of the 800 deaths in London streets last year only 55 per cent were estimated to be due to motor accidents, and nearly 40 per cent were due to the negligence of the pedestrians. While Dr. Walker had been in England n man caught intoxicated in a car had been fined only £5 and had his license cancelled for throe months.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 283, 14 November 1929, Page 3
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