WAVY ROAD’S EFFECT

Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1935, Page 2

WAVY ROAD’S EFFECT

VIBRATION CAUSES COURT CASE. MOTORIST’S ONE HEADLIGHT. The vibration caused in his motor-car by the road between the New Plymouth hospital and the central portion of Devon Street, had dislodged the bulb from one of his headlights, stated Mr. R. J. Brokenshire, counsel for a South Taranaki motorist, Benjamin Banko Armstrong, in the New Plymouth Police Court yesterday. Armstrong was facing a charge of driving a motor-car in Devon Street, New Plymouth, at 11.30 p.fn. on December 6 without two headlights. After hearing the explanation the magistrate, Mr. W. H. Woodward, convicted Armstrong, who pleaded guilty, and ordered him to pay 10s costs only. The car was observed witli the headlight out by Constable Mitchell, said Senior-Sergeant Turner. Armstrong was seen by the Stratford police and told them he was not aware his light had been out. He had the light rectified immediately. Armstrong had visited an inmate in the New Plymouth hospital, said Mr. Brokenshire. On his way up and when he left the hospital, his lights were burning properly. The explanation made by the mechanic who attended to the matter was that the bulb was dislodged from its socket, apparently by the vibration of the machine on the road. In the circumstances Mr. Brokenshire asked for a light penalty.