JUDGE ATTACKS CARELESS MOTORISTS.
LAW IS STRONG ENOUGH TO STOP SPEEDING AND DRUNKENNESS IN CARS, AND WILL DO SO, HE AVOWS.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 4. Judge Herdman, in his charge to the Grand Jury in the Supreme Court criminal session, said that of the large list of thirty-one cases five had their origin in motor catastrophies. Charges of negligence were becoming so common one could not help thinking that the whole matter demanded firm consideration. The fault did not always lie with the motorists, but, on the other hand, most damage was done by motorists who could not exercise care in driving, such as when passing stationary trams, cutting corners, being drunk in charge of cars, and speeding. Time after time one witnessed furious driving on the roads, and to destroy human life by carelessness was a very grave matter. The law was apparently sufficiently strong to stop that sort of thing, apd it would do so.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17837, 4 May 1926, Page 1
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