SOUNDING THE HORN.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18365, 24 April 1925, Page 4

SOUNDING THE HORN.

BREACHES IN CITY. Few people can help but be struck with the all too frequent disregard that many motorists in the City and suburbs show respecting the by-law which requiries them to sound their horns when approaching a corner. The offence is often accentuated in that drivers will not slacken speed when rounding an intersection, but, priding themselves on their ability to drive, scorn the use of their horns on such occasions. While prosecutions are fairly numerous for speeding round intersections, not enough attention is paid to such other breaches. One of the reasons for this is that the City Council's staff of motor inspectors is too small to be able to give the matter the attention it deserves.

As a matter of fact, there are only three permanent motor inspectors-em-ployed by the City Council, despite the great and growing amount of motor traffic there is in and about this city. Auckland takes a much more serious view of the control of the motor traffic of that city, as will be seen from the size of its staff of motor insnectors, who number no fewer than 16. When the traffic of the. two citi<"; is compared in this connexion, it will bo seen how poorly off 'Cbristchurch is in the matter of motor inspectors. No fault may be found with the respective abilities of tho Wal inspectors, but it is clour that if cixteen inspectors are considered necessary for Auckland, three for Cbristchurch is altogether inadequate.