MOTOR OFFENCES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23333, 27 October 1937, Page 11

MOTOR OFFENCES

__ . , ? SUCCESS OF DRIVING SCHOOL >' THE EXPERIMENT COMMENDED (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, Oct. 26. J The success of the "school" for ; erring motorists is referred to by ', the chief probation officer, Mr B. L. ) Dallard, in his annual report which was presented in the House of ; Representatives to-day. " There was a considerably smaller J, number of offences dealt with by ; probation for intoxication in charge of a motor vehicle and negligent driving than in any previous year, - the report states, " and in this connection an interesting experiment has been tried by some of the magistrates making it a condition of probation that the offender shall be re-, quired to take a course of instruction in 'road courtesy and driving' under the expert guidance of officers I of the local Traffic Department. The - reports received indicate that this .■ experiment has met with successfu 1 results.'* : .jv; ? : ,' ;