TRAFFIC BREACHES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 80, 21 April 1937, Page 5

TRAFFIC BREACHES

Penalties for Offenders Breaches of the traffic regulations and various motoring offences provided the majority of the police cases in the Hastings Magistrate's Court this morning. Mr J. Miller, S.M., was on the Bench. Joseph Turner Griffiths was charged with riding a motor-cycle carrying a person in front of him, and defendant, who did not appear, wrote pleading guilty. The information was laid hy Traffic-officer J. R. H. Semple, who stated that the passeuger was sitting across the defendant' s knees. "She was a girl and she told me that it was her idea," said the inspector. A conviction was entered and defendant was ordered to pay costs amounting to 10/-. Leslie Gerrard, for riding a motorcycle without a horn, was fined 10/-, with costs 10/-. George Matthew Spencer, for operatiing a lorry without a heavy traflic licence, was fined 10/- with costs. Mr W. E. Bate appeared for defendant and pleated guilty, and explained that this particular vehicle was used for spreading lime on farm properties. The vehicle had since been licenced, bnt he submitted that, nnder the new regulations which came into force at the beginning of April, the vehicle was exempted from heavy licence fees. The offence, however, had been committed prior to the new regulations coming into force. Terehia Paku, for driving a motorcar with. • inefiicient brakes, pleaded guilty and was fined £1, with costs 15/-. Alexaner Morris Robertson, for opetating a motor lorry without a heavy traffic licence, was fined 15/- with costs 10/-. Defendant explained that the lorry was -usually licenced for the fruit export season, but, as a result of tho frost, this was not done. The lorry was being used for an emergency load at th© tiro© the inspector stopped it. William R. Mitchell was fined 10/with costs 10/- for driving a motorvehicle without a driver's licence. Frank S. Donnelley, for driving a motor vehicle in a manner which might have been dangerous to the public, pleaded " guilty and was fined £l with costs 12/-. Traffic-officer Mann explained that the charge arose through defendant turning liis car in front of the Municipal Theatre in such a way that he ran on to the pavement, coming within. three feet four inches of the entrance. The pavement, the inspector explained, was flush with the road.