POWER AND SPEED
DANGERS OF THE ROAD •“OLD CROCK” NOT SO MUCH TO BLAME. [Per Press Association! INVERCARGILL, Aug. 14. “The greatest contributing factor in motor accidents is the element of speed,” said Mr. W. H. Freeman, S.M . in an address to the Southland' Ju:2 tices of the Peace Association to-day. “It seems to be the modern tendency to rush everything. It is the modern car that is the cause of the appalling increase in motor accidents not the old crock of a car as is sometimes suggested. Silent acceleration, air flow streamlining, high power and effortless speed are the troubles. Mechanical improvement in the past five years has been rapid and I think the human being fails to appreciate the highly efficient and dangerous piece of machinery he is controlling. I venture to say that a good ten per cent, of the drivers could not tell you what makes a car travel beyond possibly saying that you turn that key and push that and shove this and she’s oft. I think mechanical development has outstripped mental appreciation.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 194, 15 August 1936, Page 9
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