Brake Checks on Motor Vehicles
• l"l-ll-l. 0^^ ■■■ » . ■. WELLINGTON, Dee. . 2. As part of a eampaign to reduee road ' tccidents, and also with Christmas traf- 1 [ie in mind, Transp'ort. Department pat- 1 fols during the four weeks to Novembei j S'.efamiixed the'brakes of 4161 cars, 135& rlight" aiid 893 heavy trade vebieles; and 238 ears . and trqekg with traii'eis. and ^carayans . in; wariqus., parts qf New Zeaiand. . . • ; • '' . analysis pf their repqrts sho wa fhett .: thexe were- ' many thousands. ..of " d.ahgerous . yehicles on the roads.-. ■,&>$ t;Khears..2607, • well below two-thirds, wefe'in ' -gjood'^elass; 256- had -brake, s below the ; saf ety- leve.l,- and the ffe3*. scraped through aS "fair. '' ' • " ;Light -trade vehicles' made about"thv- . eaiue- showing while heavy' ' trade ' X 5 hieles ' were generally better frraked "than cars or light trucks, with 30 fail ures out of the 893. Other vehicles, ■ihcTuding trailer and earavan combinatiqhs, had 'the liighest pei-centagc "(79.4) of good braking systems. Tnc ejcamination as a whole revealed that an average of 5.58 per cent of ali yehicles were poprly braked.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1949, Page 7
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171Brake Checks on Motor Vehicles Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1949, Page 7
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