CRASH HELMETS FOR MOTOR-CYCLISTS
BENEFIT EMPHASIZED BY CORONER (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, October 11. "It took me 20 years to get the authorities to put a wire guard on the Grafton Bridge and it looks as though it will take me another 20 years to get motor-cyclists to realize the benefit of wearing crash helmets,” said the City Coroner, Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., during an inquest on a motor-cyclist, Peter Bradford Grant, a labourer, aged 23, who died in hospital on August 27 from head injuries caused the previous day when he ran into a car driven by Ernest E. Neumegan on the Great North road.
Neumegan said that after giving the usual signals he was making a slow turn into the road leading to Titirangi. When he was about the centre of the road a motor-cycle approached at a fast speed. There' was ample room to pass at the rear or in front of the car but the cycle hit the car. The cyclist was thrown heavily and was sent to the hospital. . The Coroner’s verdict was that death was due to injuries caused by an accidental collision with a car.
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Southland Times, Issue 23946, 12 October 1939, Page 7
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