FITNESS TO DRIVE
“THE ONLY ACID TEST” By Telegraph—Press frspociaclnn WELLINGTON, January 29. “So far as we doctors are concerned it would be a good thing towards determining a man’s fitness to drive if, in doubtful cases of intoxication, the suspected person should be allowed to drive his car,’’ said Dr. A. A. Tennent, when giving evidence as a witness in the Magistrate's Court before Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., in a case in which a taxi proprietor was charged with being found intoxicated in charge of r motor car. The Magistrate: It appears to be the only acid test. There would be no danger because the driving would be done under supervision. Dr. Tennent: Doctors would be grateful for this opportunity. The Magistrate: Of course, where the case is truly a borderline one, the verdict must be in the defendant’s favour. After hearing the evidence for both sides, the Magistrate dismissed the case, saying that there was a doubt.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20639, 30 January 1937, Page 10
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