HEAVY VEHICLE SPEED
25 M.P.H. STILL IN FORCE NO 5 M.P.H. TOLERANCE That a speed of 25 m.p.h. was the maximum allowed for heavy motor vehicles und-r the traffic regulations was stressed this morning in the Magistrate’s Court by Mr. W. H. freeman S.M., when Eric Ralcliffe Clayton (Mr. D. E. Chrisp) pleaded not guilty to a charge of operating a> heavy motor lorry at a speed of 35 m.p.h In view of the circumstances, Mr. Freemain said the case would be met with the payment of costs by the defendant.
The prosecution was conducted by the Transport Department’s inspector, .Mr. R. Metcalfe, who said that Clayton was travelling at 35 m.p.h., whereas his license stipulated that his maximum speed should be only .25 m.p.h. Mr. Chrisp laid that he had beer told by Clayton that his speedometer was registering no more than 2b m.p.h., hnd that it appeared that there was some misapprehension among carriers that they could not be prosecuted unless they exceeded 30 m.p.h. A circular had been received in Gisborne from the New Zealand Master Carriers’ Association reporting that there was a tolerance of up to 5 M.p.h. in excess of 25 m.p.h.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20081, 30 October 1939, Page 8
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197HEAVY VEHICLE SPEED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20081, 30 October 1939, Page 8
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