TESTING OF CAR BRAKES
Powers of Traffic Officer DEPARTMENTAL RULING A letter from the Transport Department was read at the meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Automobile Association in Napier last night. This had regard to the power of a traffic officer to insist on a driver demonstrating tho efficiency of the brakes on his vehicle. “A traffic officer has power to ‘inspect’ the brakes and, if in his opinion they do not comply with the regulations, he can request an actual test,” reads the letter, which was written to the North Island Motor Union. Tho letter continued to say that such a request would be a reasonable and lawful direction within the meaning of the regulations. Otherwise it would be impossible to see that the Act was duly observed. It was emphasised, however, that an inspector cannot insist on taking the wheel, and tho opinion of experienced officers is that such a procedure is both unnecessary and undesirable. The letter also points out that two serious accidents have occurred through an inspector standing on the runningboard while tho driver tested the brakes.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 101, 9 April 1936, Page 4
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