LORRY DRIVER ASLEEP.
RESULT OF LONG HOURS. There has been a magisterial condemnation of the practice of" firms in Britain who work lorry drivers long hours. It arose out of a case at Sittinghourne in which John Nathaniel Page, of London, a driver, was charged with being drunk in charge of a motor lorry, and driving to the common danger. Page declared that he had been driving for 32 hours with only two hours break He had driven from Birmingham to London, from there to Margate, and was returning to London when he fell asleep The chairman, Colonel Locke, strongly blamed the firms who worked their men for such long hours In this case he blamed the firm entirely. The charge f drunkenness was dismissed, and defendant was fined £5 and costs for driving to the common danger.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 5 (Supplement)
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138LORRY DRIVER ASLEEP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 5 (Supplement)
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