SPEED OF MOTOR CARS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 3

SPEED OF MOTOR CARS.

: I;: : : •;, ; y;:' : ■, (By Teießraph.T-Speoial CorrcsDondent.), '. ;;■'"■'' ;^; : : :■:. ,ChrlstbHiirch; : July.i6.':- ! ..'A ChriErtchurch idoctorjj.who' was'nned £1 and week: for. furious.'(lriykig in.a motor-car, ; appeafccl.before ..tho;, magistrate to-day-to'ahsvror.another charge of tile same nature'.. 'A constable, declared , '.that, the deferidahton the. ; 6ccasi6h : in Question \viis: driving . his car inrthe' 'direction of .Suinner at the rat<> of about twenty miles' an "hour:/ There were two or three.vehicles on.the street and several-pedestrians., The- doctor, in his defence, -saicr he had received a telephone .message to attend a case of extrerne urgency. He could'not get'away at. the time on •account of other patients, and.naturally.when he commeneed; nis iou'rney' 'he . wont quickly. .'He took' particular, caro-when ho; was driving, and-'did not go at. a fast pace when he . encdwrtored other traffic. Tho.magistrate, remarjted that, ho' did .not.."want to unduly harass tho medical profession,'^.but;on/tile other" liand tlw. safety .'of ; :tho public ;.must be. looked to. As tho case tlio doctor, was called to'ationd-.wa's'an urgent one,;be would.,make ail 'allowance and oojivict and discharge hjjn.:'