PILLION-BIDING HABIT.
OFFICIAL DEFENDS PRACTICE.
INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS.
LONDON. Oct. 26.
Tho " pillion.;girL" .lias found a strong defender in. Mr. Godsell, a Ministry for Transport official, who, in addressing the " Safety. .First " Conference, said that tho practice was,.extraordinarily popular. " There would bo a great outcry if it were prohibited,. arid it would be denounced as class legislation because it is the only method laxga numbers have to reach the country," he said. Mr. Godsell admitted that it was often dangerous, because young motor-cyclists when taking out girls naturally wanted to show off. .Sir. Godsell defended tho inexperienced motorist, who was almost always cautious,. Most of the accidents, ht: said, were dua to reckless drivers presuming upon their, experience. Really reckless drivers should be .permanently
barred.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19476, 4 November 1926, Page 12
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