MOTOR OFFENDERS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 147, 9 July 1937, Page 7

MOTOR OFFENDERS

276 Namies Ta]ken in Recent Drive THREATOF ACTION Eight men were employed for this making of a check on drivers' licences' and warrants, of fttness for motor ve-: hjcles on • June .11 and 12, and a total | of 276^ motorists' .names was recorded for not, complying with the Motor Begulati'ons. , , When repor tiug this to . the Hastings Borough Couricil last* evening, the, borough traffic ins'pector, Mr D. 'Mana, said- that of this total 141 shw fit. to produce' whateve'r was - necessar'y, but the , re'mainder apparehtly tteated' the matter with iti'difference. "Ftirther' investigation' 'are being made/ and When this is completed proceedingB wiir be taken against the romaining' oifonders," he added. . ' ' Owing to the large amount of work in this department, it has been found necessary • to call upon the services of; Inspector Green to a - greater extent than before, and I would suggest thatthe time has now arrived when his service could be profitably employed at a ful l- time traffic officers," concluded the inspector. "The clieck-up cost this borough over £30,'' said the Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, when referring to the matter. He considered that there was no necessity for this sum to have been expended. Plenty of warning had been given to tlie motorists of the time for renewing their licences, he said, and considered that anyotie prosecuted as the result of the chcck-up could offer any reasonable excuse. "After all, it -is a very seriobs matter for tlie motorist to be driving without a licence," he said. "In the event of his having au accident, no company will recognise any claim for damages, so it is absolutely essential that everyone should liave a licence." Tho question of making the assistanttraffic inspector a full-time onc was deferrcd i'or consideration.