INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23177, 25 October 1938, Page 11

INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS

SPECIAL MARK ON CARS CANTERBURY OPINIONS [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] CRRISTCHURCH, Monday "Thcro is no shame in having an 'L' on your car—l would havo been much happier when I was learning if I had had ono," said Mr. Hoy Twyneham at a meeting of the committee of the Canterbury Automobile Association, when the subject of "L" plates for learners arose. "Other traffic realises on seeing a car with them that the driver must bo given a fair chance and that it must not take risks or rely on his skill," said Mr. Twyneham. Mr. F'. W. Freeman: The safest drivers are the learners in any casts — they always drivo so slowly and cautiously. Mr. i'\ W. Johnston said he thought the term "learner" was a misnomer, as motor drivers were learning all their lives. He considered the term should be "M" for moderate, and that there also be a term "O," implying that the driver was old, as many accidents wero caused either directly or indirectly by frail, nervous drivers of advanced years. Mr. L. B. Young said that many licence-holders had 110 right to bo driving at all, even with an "L." In certain country districts close to town, he said, the tests never included either traffic or hill work; they wero not nearly strict enough.