Car Safety Talks

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31118, 22 July 1966, Page 9

Car Safety Talks

T EADING Australian car makers will confer with the New South Wales Minister for Transport (Mr R. M. A, Morris) on safer designs for cars, the Press Association reports from Sydney.

Mr Morris said he had written to manufacturers throughout Australia asking for a conference, and the companies had unanimously agreed to the proposal. One of the matters discussed would be tinted windscreens, which had been blamed for reducing visibility in some circumstances. Mr Morris said he was also looking at breathalysers and other methods of detecting driving under the influence of alcohol.

Courtesy, Please Traffic officers in the city have a difficult job, but if they want co-operation from the public courtesy is essential. This was brought home to me last week when I encountered an officer who alleged I had gone across the intersection of the square and Colombo street north too fast. As I had braked and slowed considerably to let through two cars which failed to give way at the same intersection I felt the allegation was unjustified. But what really rankled was the discourteous way in which the accusation was made. I had parked, and the patrol car, (which I had previously I noticed on the other side of

The Victorian Government has announced that in about three years it will require all cars sold in the State to include several safety features. These will include recessed instruments, collapsible steering columns and dual breaking systems.

The move has been criticised by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. The director (Mr W. W. Daunt) said the Commonwealth planned to establish a system of uniform safety standards through a motor vehicle advisory panel, and it was unfortunate that the

Victorian Government had decided to “go it alone.”