DIMMING HEADLIGHTS
CONDEMNED BY JUSTICE. "MOST DANGEROUS PRACTICE IN WORLD.” (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, June 20. “The dimming of headlights on motorcars at night is the most dangerous practice in the world,” said Mr Justice Reed in the Supreme Court when considering a case in which a motor car collided with a tarmixer on Beach Road. It was stated the car’s lights were dimmed as another vehicle was approaching from the opposite direction and the driver had not noticed the mixer on the roadside. “There used to be a by-law years ago forcing motorists to dim headlights and I had a good experience of the fallacy of it while I was at the Bar,” his Honour added. “I defended a man who was charged with failing to dim his lights and a week later he killed a woman through no other reason than dimming his lights. I then appeared for him on the charge of manslaughter.” “As a car-owner, I object to dimming headlights,” said Mr Rogerson who appeared for defendant. He added there was now a by-law requiring lights to be focussed correctly and this had served to a certain extent to keep the main beam of light on the ground.
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Southland Times, Issue 20209, 21 June 1927, Page 8
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