BREACHES OF BY-LAWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19564, 17 February 1927, Page 13

BREACHES OF BY-LAWS.

i PROSECUTION OF MOTORISTS. OFFENCE BY A BUSDRIVER. "ANNOYED AT BRIGHT LIGHTS." " No doubt defendant was annoyed at the bright lights of the car, and thought he would give the driver a good fright," said Sir. E. C. Cutien, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday in imposing a fine of £2 on Cyril G. Martin, driver of a Kokimarama bus (Mr. McLiver), on a charge of dangerous driving. For the defence it was stated defendant was so dazzled by the lights of an approaching car that he pulled up to avoid a collision. The magistrate said he would accept the story of the prosecution that defendant "twinkeu" his lights to warn the approaching driver to dim his, and then, seeing that this did not have the desired effect, bore down on him to give him a fright. In a similar case, stated the magistrate, he had previously imposed a very heavy penalty. The driver had no right to do such a thing. He could not^judge why the lights were not dimmed,- and his action was very dangerous. Numerous other offences by motorists were dealt with. On charges of dangerous driving, Edgar K. Bradley was fined £3, Queenia M. Owen, £2, and John N. Dennis, Stanley M. Sharp, R. J. Mclntyre, and Frederick H. Voice, £1 each. For speeding, Recardus Muller was fined £.l, and William L. F. Dalton was similarly dealt with for negligent driving. Fines of 10s each were imposed on the following for leaving cars unattended: — Allan McGregor, George Christoff, Ernest G. Hanson, F. W. Greenback, Clarence W, Russell and John J. D. Sullivan. A Inn M. Smith, Edward G. Bridgens, and Roy Hilary Kelly were each fineu 10s for not having tail-lights. For passing a stationary tram, William Harold Turner was fined £2, and for a similar offence John Francis McCabe was fined £l. Albert Beazley was fined £1 for failing to obey a traffic signal, and Charles Clare was fined £1 for stopping in a safety znoe area Walter Schofield, who parked his vehicle too far from the kerb, was fined 10s, and John A. W. Robertson, who cut a corner, was similarly dealt with. Laurence 'W. Dixon, for not having a driver's licence, was ordered to pay costs. Aden St. Clair Brown was similarly dealt with for failing to produce a licence. For having an unregistered motor-car Herbert James Ladbrook was fined 10s, and for failing to produce his licence he was fined ss. For allowing their buses to be overcrowded at Takapuna the following were each ordered to pay costs: —W. J. Taylor, A. Marshall. W. Hooker, L. Wagstaff, G. Forbes, H. Lindsay. B. Huckstep, H. Kane, and A. W. Porter.