“ACCIDENT PRONE”
FACULTY OF SOME MOTORISTS. MEDICAL RESEARCH OPINION, a' • By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Feb. 22. The Medical Research Council’s report to the Ministry of Transport upon motor accidents states that a definite proportion of road users are "accident prone.” A successful attack on road dangers must take the phenomenon into account that there were over 20,000 motorists who made -frequent accident claims out of about 500,000 drivers who had been involved in accident claims. ‘ The same phenomenon was observable in factories, where. 1 75 per cent, of all accidents were sustained by a small minority of the people exposed.' A man could not be blamed because his reactions were slow, but should not be allowed to drive.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1935, Page 15
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