Danger Of Flying Metal On Unsealed Highways Emphasised
The danger of loose metal on unsealed State highways was well illustrated to the chairman of the Whakatane County Council, Mr J. L. Burnett, -Waimana, returning 1:0 his home from Waiotahi last week. On one stretch of the read a car travelling at a fair pace towards him passed and as it did so * a shower of loose metal and dust was thrown over Mr Burnett’s car, one large stone hitting and smashing the windscreen.
Fortunately the glass was shatterproof but a woman passenger in the front seat was covered in the finely shattered glass. She also suffered from shock. The stone made a hole almost half an inch in diameter.
Mr Burnett said he did not blame the driver of the other car as he was apparently quite oblivious of the damage. However, he did think it was a point in favour of all State highways being sealed, and sealed as soon as possible. Loose metal on main roads is a danger in more ways than one. Mr Burnett is now faced with the expense of a new windscreen. Needless to say it to will be shatterproof.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 70, 17 July 1950, Page 4
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