MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20702, 27 April 1929, Page 6

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT.

FIRST TASK OF ADVISORY council: REVISION OF MOTOR REGULATIONS. {Special to Daiiv Times.) WELLINGTON, April 26. An early announcement will probably be made by the Minister of Transport (Mr W. A. Veitch) in regard to the personnel of the Transport Advisory Council. It is understood that the Minister is now awaiting the acceptance of two men who have been nominated to act as members of the council. Mr Veitch stated that the board would be called together immediately the personnel was finalised. “ The board,” said the Minister, “ will bo asked to settle down to serious business right away. There is a lot of work ready for it, and I regard as the first task the revision of the motor regulations and, the simplification of them wherever possible. What I hope ultimately to achieve is such a set of regulations that once the motorist has taken the trouble to understand them he will be able to go right through New Zealand without breaking the law. because it will be uniform, and he will easily understand what he has to do to comply with the regulations for his own safety, as well as that of other traffic, including the pedestrian. I am not so foolish as to believe that this ideal will be realised immediately, but if we keep our attention constantly on it we can at least hope for a continual improvement on all matters connected with motor transport.”