RECKLESS MOTOR-DRIVING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21553, 26 July 1933, Page 13

RECKLESS MOTOR-DRIVING

Sir,—l notice that the city traffic officer has recommended the passing of a new by-law requiring motor-drivers over 65 years of age to pass a test annually. The natural result of such a law will bo the elimination of elderly drivers, because few would willingly undergo such a periodical test. For some years I have been interested in the causes and effects of motor accidents, and havo noticed that these are generally the result of fast driving, and, incidentally, that quito a number seem to be duo to an imperfect knowledge of the limitations of the "right-hand rule." Being a motorist, who also does a considerable amount of walking, T often notice speeding and reckless driving, but never with elderly drivers. On Sunday afternoon I witnessed n glaring case, when an accident was narrowly avoided. A motor-cyclist with a male pillion-rider was proceeding along the flat part of Shore Boad, between Orakei and Victoria Avenue, and a motor wished to pass. Though the motorist, sounded his horn several times the cyclist refused to leave the middle of tho road. In lact, ho gradually moved over to the wrong side and passed round the corner at the bottom of the ascent to Victoria Avenue within one yard of the right-hand pavement, lliis is tho kind of driver who causes accidents. S. E. Lamb.