DRINK AND DRIVING
PRACTICAL TEST SUGGESTED “LET THE SUSPECT DRIVE” WHAT A DOCTOR RECOMMENDS [ Ter Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, Jan. 29. “As 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 was allowed to drive his car,” said Dr. A. A. Tennent, when giving evidence as a witness In the Magistrate’s Court before Mr Luxford, S.M., in a case in which a taxi proprietor was charged with being found intoxicated in charge of a 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 borderline, the verdict must be in the defendant’s favour. After hearing the evidence of both sides, the magistrate dismissed the case, saying that there was a doubt.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 10
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