PERILS OF THE ROAD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19503, 6 December 1926, Page 11

PERILS OF THE ROAD.

MAGISTRATE AND MOTORISTS " COMPULSORY EXAMINATION." "There ought to compulsory examination as to the mental and physic J condition an,l cp.cily bet®. »»jo»o to given a motor licence and let loose on tM highway," said Mr. RatdifTe Comim at the West London Police Court a few weeks a .ro when dealing with a charge ot being drunk while driving a motor-car against • a man named Barry, who pleaded guilty. Counsel for the deience said a "?/ served in France during the whole of the war ami had suffered from nervous trouble in consequence. On tno evening m question he had a slight quarrel withh» wife and instead of making light of t, as a man in normal health would, ho magnified it. refused to stay to dinner, , and went out and took a coup.< 3of glasses Sir Maurice Anderson, giving medical evidence on behalf of the dofead«t» . m d Barry's nervous system had bayi gTSatly -v-ken by his war experience-.;, end ha . had ocular trouble, with the »snlt tfcafc a little alcohol was likely to affect his viaoo. Mr. Cousins said he jwas afirsnd there were mafiv people _ driving wp through nervous debility of some kma, had no ricbt ever to be aJowed to crive. j imposed a fine of £lO, with eoj^ : ing that defendant's licence V~" automatically suspended fef '