WIDTH OF STREETS.
INFLUENCE ON ACGIDENTS. THE EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA. [BY TKLEGEAPH.—OWN WELLINGTON. Frids?. At the Kent Terraco inquiry, before Mr. E. Page, S.M., to-day, Mr. L. Hunt asked one witness, Sub-Inspector P. Ilarvcy, of the police force, whether he agreed with the late Mr. W. H. Morton, formerly city engineer, that wider streets meant increased danger in traffic. Mr. J. O'Shea (city solicitor) x Tea don't suggest that? Mr. Hunt: Mr. Morton did. Not only did Mr. Morton report in that direction, bat it is said to have been proved by accident statistics taken all over the United States that the wider the .streets tho greater the number, of accidents. It was contended that wide streets meant more room for motorists to drive in, and the greater the area at the disposal of & motorist the leiss eoneeatrated is he on his wheeL Mr. Hunt added that where there were narrow streets people could cross them in two or three seconds, hut the passage of a wide street wag quite a journey, during which anything might occur.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19490, 20 November 1926, Page 12
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177WIDTH OF STREETS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19490, 20 November 1926, Page 12
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