ALL STEEL BODIES NEEDED
REDUCING TOLL'OF ACCIDENTS TO PASSENGER BUSES Following several fatal accidents caused through the sides of passenger vehicles being torn out in collisions with motor truCks, the Levin Borough Council communicated with the Commissioner of Transport, Mr. G. L. Laurenson, suggesting that the front corners of truck trays be rounded With a view to reducing the seriousness of these collisicms. The diificulty lay in the fact that even a rounded corner would rip out the side of a vehicle unless the 1 body was sufficiently robust to thrust the two vehicles aside bodily, said Mr. Laurenson in the course of a reply received at last night's council meeting. This was not the case with ihe majority of passenger service vehicles, which were constructed on the principle of a wooden frame and metal panels. The modern trend in New Zealand and overseas was to build bodies of passenger vehicles from all steel components. From experience these suffered little damage in. accidents. Mr. Laurenson advised that he had made arrangements to obtain information fromAmerica, England and the British Dominions regarding the use of all steel passenger service vehicles in those countries. He thanked the council for its communication .
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 July 1947, Page 4
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