WHO TO BLAME?
INVESTIGATION BY TRANSPORT . DEPARTMENT 1 ‘ ' t ' ' ' Are pedestrians or cyclists struck by motor-vehicles more frequently tt> blame than, motorists?” ; This question is answered by art investigation made by the Transport Department into more than S,OCX) cases of accident injury during the 12 months ended 31st March, the Minister of Transport, the Hon. R, Semple, said in an interview today. “In nearly a thousand accidents involving bicycles, the .cyclist was adjudged by the reporting officers to be responsible in 53 .per. cent of . cases, tlu motorist in 46 per cent, the road in 1 per cent, and the weather in 3 instances ,onlv. Frequent causes of cycle accidents were, failure by the cyclist to keep to the correct side of the road, failure to give way, bad signalling, careless swerving, and recklessly emerging from a side road.” '' “Pedestrians were responsible for nbarly three-quarters of the 879 accidents in which they were involved,’’said the Minister. “The most frequent pedestrian faults were crossing the roadway heedless of traffic and stepping on to the road without exercising due caution. Of Oiose pedestrians struck while walking along the road, all who were fatally injured were walking with their backs to traffic—a dangerous habit day or night.”
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Te Puke Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 56, 25 July 1939, Page 2
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204WHO TO BLAME? Te Puke Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 56, 25 July 1939, Page 2
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