SAFETY PRINCIPLES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19100, 22 August 1936, Page 14

SAFETY PRINCIPLES

TRAFFIC ON ROADS PROPAGANDA PROPOSALS (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. Suggestions for a comprehensive national scheme of education and propaganda on safety principles were discuss- j ed at the conference convened by the Minister of Transport, the Hon. R. Semple, to-day. The Bishop of Wellington, the Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, said wireless had done much in England, and could be used in New Zealand. Films, too, could be used very effectively. Mr. G. M. Spence, Blenheim, said children were potential drivers and it j was necessary to teach them to handle i a vehicle, which if improperly handled, j would be a death-dealing machine. If the schools would only take this matter j up, they would be doing a very great deal toward making the roads safer. I The chief inspector of schools, Dr. I J. W. Mellraith, said a great deal needed to be done for the safety of children. | The motor car to-day was driving children off the road. It was only a matter |' of time when it might be necessary to I convey them to school. There were some roads which were almost untraversable for school children. Walking on the right-hand side was all right up to a point, but on country roads it would be a very dangerous ' practice when corners or bends were approached. A motion by the Bishop of Wellington, that steps be. taken to carry out a national scheme of education and propaganda on safety principles, was carried i unanimously. !