Motorists Disregard Road Safety Schemes
NEW PLYMOTTTH. Rept. 5. Disregarding si^ns orecTed for their safctv, thp maioritv of motorists who have v'mited Mt. "Rnarmhn sincp the Viiad to Ralt TTnt was reonen«d. have deci.h'd not to eo-operate with the anlhand obsprve anv form of traffic i i-'mtrnl on the fonr miles of mountain ' road between the (Plateau Tongariro and Ralt TTnt. C'onseqnentlv the scheme designerl to nrevent motorists meeting on narrow parts of- the rqaff, has proved a failure. The Antomobile Association has . . erpcted signs at the Chateau and at Ralt I TTnt requesting motorists to inquire if the road is clear before driving either up or down. When the road was openod on Bridav after being closed for repairs in .Tnlv, it was used by a huge vuiume of traffic. Onlv a very small perf'cntage of motorists bothpred to heed the signs and aseertain if thp road was clear. "Fonr davs of ob«ervat-ion snggesfs that the svstem of control is unlikelv to be a success unless the Main Righways Board decides to take a hand.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 September 1949, Page 5
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