GREAT HARDSHIPS MAY BE CAUSED BY LAW, SAYS MEMBER

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6671, 26 July 1928, Page 10

GREAT HARDSHIPS MAY BE CAUSED BY LAW, SAYS MEMBER

I licenses Forbidden One-Armed Motorists f DISCUSSION ON SUBJECT IN I HOUSE Per •Press Association, f .WELLINGTON, Last Night. The .motor regulations preventing Y eae-armed motor drivers from eonsi. tinning their calling was the subject 4 .of. some discussion in the House of Representatives to-day. The Hon. D. Buddo (Eaiapoi) said ■he knew of two cases where' the regu- |. lation would cause great hardship, even to the extent of those drivers being unable to obtain a living. One j- was a storekeeper who for two years V ■ had been driving his own vehicle in ■(’, connection with his business, and the V. other was a man who owned a t.ractor ? and a threshing machine. v Mr H. S. Kylo (Riccarton) _ sug- -- gristed that the question of licensing a ' bncPaTmed man should be left to the •;< inspectors. He would rather have ■> a one-armed driver than a one-eyed driver. c. The Prime Minister said the dim- /■ i cnlty in regard to one-armed drivers :i required very careful consideration. There was no ‘doubt tbat a one-armed 1 man was perfectly safe as regards actual driving of the car, hut the rof; gulations asked for more than that. ' Stich a’man was unable to hold.“. his hand out to indicate in which direc- ? tion he was going. Ho had to_ give H signals. Ho had no doubt that if Mr Y Kyle was driving behind such a man v- Uina'did not get a necessary signal, he ■k would be'annoyed. • “I know what he would say qune | well/’ added Mr Coates, “but I would • not care to use the language.” ■< Mr-JD, G. Sullivan (Avon): Ton Jf e had better not say it here.” (Laugh- % tC Mr Coates: "No, I don’t mean that ■>. at all. What would happen if a man ’suddenly turned to the right and was % unable to give a because he had % only one arm? How is that diffic.nl,y -? to be got over?” . , Mr Kyle: “By a mechanical arm. 4 viidMr Coates: “What would be flic use t 0 f that? It would be no good. What js wantf»l is some mechanical contri--4; ' vancc on the oar that could bo used, v A mechanical arm' would he only a. further disability to the man Mr \ Coates continued. Some ?». contrivance was needed to indicate ' which way the car would turn or whether it was the driver’s intention v to stop. The question was really a 4' more difficult one than it seemed. That V the Minister for 1 'Wfirhad said he would be glad to '% look into tho question with a view to seeing whether any modification coulcl ; 'bo made in. connection with the regui lation. ‘