Drivers on Best Behaviour
INTRODUCTION OF SPEED LIMIT AT HOME United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Tuesday, S p.m. LONDON, March 19. Drivers were on their best behaviour on the first day of tho speed limit of. 30 miles an hour in “built-up’’ areas, many being content wit'll 23 miles. Tho so-called "gangsters” in police cars had relatively few opportunities of exercising their authority, but, generally speaking, motorists willingly collaborated with llu: police. Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of Stale for Home Affairs, replying to a series of questions relating to the enforcement of the speed limit, said that plainclothes police would be used, not to trap unwary motorists, but to act as a general check upon excessive speeds, particularly overtaking by exceeding the limit.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 66, 20 March 1935, Page 6
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