‘Ridiculous Law’
(N.Z. Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, June 9.
The law which restricted motorists to 10 miles an hour when passing a school bus was ridiculous, Mr A. W. Yortt, S.M., said today.
“I have tried it to see what it is like. You almost have to get out of your car and lead IL That is why the law is not being observed,” he said. No motorist In a thousand was prepared to reduce speed to 10 miles an hour. For many of them it involved engaging a lower gear. It was not very often children were found moving across the road while a bus was stopped, he said. He fined Cora Eunice Watts £3 for passing a stationary school bus at more than 10 m.p.h.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31083, 11 June 1966, Page 14
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