LEVEL-CROSSING ACCIDENTS.
Sir, —All kinds of suggestions are put forward to obviate level crossing accidents, but tho real key to the situation lies in the hands of the motorists. X say without fear of contradiction that these accidents are caused through rank carelessness. All one has to do is to "stop, look and listen."' If a driver is so deaf and blind, that ho can neither see nor hear a New Zealand railway train coming, when it makes enough noise to raise tho dead, with whistle and rattles, then he has no right to have a licenco, and is a danger to the community. I gained my first diiving licenco twenty-four years ago in London, so am not speaking without experience, and I will conclude' by saying that during the twenty-four years' - driving I have had one minor accident, which record is established by reasonable caro and sane driving, I am satisfied no train will ever hit me as they are too heavy to tackle and too easy to miss. H.R.M.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20603, 30 June 1930, Page 12
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171LEVEL-CROSSING ACCIDENTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20603, 30 June 1930, Page 12
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