SPEEDING PROBLEM
INSPECTOR'S METHOD The method adopted by a traffic inspector in preventing speeding on the Hlitt road was explained in the Supreme Court at, Wellington to Mr. Justice Smith. "What is your usual practice when yon are following a vehicle speeding?" asked His Honour of the, witness, TrafficInspector Tickner, during the hearing of an appeal from a magistrate's decision suspending a motorist's driving license. "What do you'do to make your journey after the offender as safe as possible?" "I endeavour to stop him as soon as possible, and 1 endeavour to check his speed for a certain" distance, and may follow him for about a quarter of a mile," replied the inspector. "I often follow farther if there is no real danger. I usually stop anyone speeding by running up alongside him, sound tlie siren and then go on ahead and stop in front of him. I don't make a habit of sounding the siren behind the one I am following, as he would slow down and so could not be caught in the offence."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 2
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