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Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14527, 13 February 1915, Page 7

”-F l6 .arrogance"khd';gutter, disregard ..of ?~ er . people’s' rights which some'motor? , wte- display 'is;«iortP;tii'an amazing, and the continued ’neglect of onr law-makers to provide adequate means for local bodies to cope with the evil is nothing short of a Scandal. ''We witnessed in the Avenue the other day, an example of the arrogant attitude of a certain type of motorist. A couple of boys were walklhfl. ,hlp n ? that part of the street now undbr j reconstruction,, jwhere; as. our readers, know, the available space is, extremely limited, 'and-'’ where a certain, amount of give l and take is incumbent on all. A motor cat driver came up behind them, and instead of sounding his horn, as he had every right to do, held on to the last moment, and then savagely shouted to the boys to get out of his way. His pace’ was,-, as it happened, a slow one, but his disregard of the rights of others was none the less for all that. Another flagrant example of “road hogping”, occurred shortly after 7;30 on Thursday evening, when a car ran ever a valuable dog opposite the Education Board’s offices. The'car was unlighted, and travelling at a high speed, probably 30 miles an hour. What aggravated the matter was that, though the octuantics must have felt a it was tco dark to enable them to see whether it was fin animal or a human being they ran over, but notwithstanding what might have been the case, the speed, of the car was not even reduced, and in "a few moments it had whisked a-way out of sight. Owing to the gathering darkness, the occupants could not be- recognised, nor tlie car’s number taken; These gentry are, of course, in the minority, but; as we have often pointed. out, the decent, law! abiding section of motorists have also to bear the stigma of: their- lapses, and we think tlie careful- majority, of motorists would be acting. in 'their own interests if they brought pressure to bear in the proper-quarter to ensure the law being made r mor© stringent than it now is.