Road Peril Inquiry
Mr. P. J. Pybus, British Minister of Transport, in a broadcast talk on “Death on the Road, ” said that he and the Home Secretary were at work on the subject of road accidents and the best means of their prevention. Various expedients, such as coloured signal lights, patrols, and pedestrian crossings, were being energetically pursued. **l am anxious to obtain more precise hnowicdge as to the causes of road accidents,' ' he added. “I am arranging, in consultation with the Home Secretary and the Secretary . for Scotland, for a special investigation of the causes of all fatal road accidents over a period of months. It is somewhat illogical to press for new and sterner legislation until the present law has ‘ been fully ouserved and enforced. I suggest to adventurous motorists tnat if the suds den urge for the thrill of great speed comes upon them, their plain duty is to indulge it on a racing track, and not upon the public highway. The days have gone when the high spirit of adventure can properly be allowed to find its outlet on the public highways of the country. ”
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 September 1932, Page 3
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