MOTOR DRIVING.
IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT? LONDON, September 18. Can fitness to drive a motor car be measured by age? The question is raised by a Shoreham magistrate's refusal to remove the disqualification of Miss Kate Silmer, aged 70, who claims that, despite her age, she is neither nervous nor unfit. "Age does not count," says Mrs. Goold, an official of the Women's Automobile Association. "Many women between 28 and 30 are nervous and rackety. They couldn't push a pram across the road without getting flustered. Some septuagenarians, owing to their quieter living, are much abler. What about the flying Duchess of Bedford? What about elderly hunting women? Some of the best women drivers are approaching 70. I am getting that way myself, and I do not think I am a public danger." "Not being 70, I am not interested," snapped Marie Tempest, the noted actress, over the telephone. She added good-humouredly: "I do not drive iayeelf. I prefer being driven."
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 227, 25 September 1929, Page 7
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162MOTOR DRIVING. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 227, 25 September 1929, Page 7
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