“That is an appalling state of affairs; you might as well not have brakes at all,’’ said Mr. W. B. McKean, to a, truck owner who was charged m the Auckland Magistrate’s Court with haying defective brakes. It was stated that at 20 miles an hour the truck required 100 ft. to stop when the foottmikc was used, or 110 ft. for the handbrake. What possibility would you have had of avoiding an accident?’’ asked the magistrate, imposing a fine of £2 and costs,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19126, 22 September 1936, Page 6
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