LEVEL CROSSING DANGER.
RECKLESS MOTORISTS. ACCIDENTS DURING YEAR. £»X TKUiGIBAFH.—-SPECIAL/ BE*>OEXZjt.] * WELLINGTON. Thurodaj. It is stated in-the annual report on the New Zealand railways that during the year many drivers of motor vehicles displayed a total disregard of warning signals at- railway crossings, whether- givoa by bells or crossing-keepers, and by driy- " ing on to crossings when trains were in close proximity thereto not only incumsd grave risk to themselves, but endangered the safety of the train and the passengers therein. This recklessness on the part •&! drivers of road vehicles is m>t singular'to New Zealand. ~'•...,. ]Forty accident* occurr<jd at leVel , crossings, principally with j mptpr-d«Ten vehicles. In addition there . Were lijany narrow escapes through dj.iv«rs Jtuddng crossings when fast trains were approaching, and getting clear only by tba narrowest margin.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18202, 22 September 1922, Page 6
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130LEVEL CROSSING DANGER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18202, 22 September 1922, Page 6
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