ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF WAY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 221, 1 September 1932, Page 3

ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF WAY

FIRE ENGINE’S PRIVILEGE DECISION .OF MAGISTRATE Invercargill, Aug. st. A case of interest to lire brigades came before E, C. Levvey, S.M., when the Superintendent of .the Invercargill Fire Brigade/ Frank Sidney Simpson, as an employer of a driver of an engine, pleaded nob guilty to • a charge of failing to keep to the left of a traffic indicator. The matter was originally brought under the notice of the Fire Board by the Mayor, who stated at a meeting of the board that' he had received a complaint regarding the action of the driver in attending a call on April 27. After a discussion at tSe meeting it was decided to defend any action which might be brought by the traffic inspector. During the hearing his Worship referred to the regulation which stated that all traffic had to stop when a fire engine came on the scene. His Worship suggested that the road were clear, as it ought no clear and the engine had the ... nite right of way, what did it matter if the engine went round the traffic dome, since these were for ordinary motorists? In giving his decision his Worship -nnl that the Court had little doubt <>ti the legal aspect alone that the super, intendent had not committed an offence under that clause and the infonnntinu would accordingly be dismissed.