Motor-minded New Zealand
“It may be taken as almost certain that nearly every juror who is called upon to try an action arising out of a motor accident in New Zealand is the owner or driver, or both owner and driver, of a motor vehicle,” said the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in a judgment delivered in the Court of Appeal. “In all cases arising out of accidents connected with motor vehicles it must be borne in mind at all stages of the trial and of subsequent applications that the people of this country have become particularly motor-minded as is shown by the fact that the proportion of motor vehicles to the total population of men, women, and children is about one in five. That being so, the jury should have no difficulty in understanding, appreciating, and applying the evidence and their conclusions should not be lightly set aside or ignored by the court.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 5
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154Motor-minded New Zealand Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 5
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