ROUGH DRIVERS
H.B. Motorist's Tour of Taranaki LACK OF ROAD MANNERS A strong indictment of the road manners of motorists in Taranaki and condition of the main roads, notably the main road between the southern end of the province and New PJymouth, was made to a Teporter by a prominent Hawke's Bay resident who has been on a motor tour. "Taranaki" drivers are the roughest- I met anywhere,," he said. He referred to the narrownoss of the bitumen sur. face of the main road and said that so careless were many drivers of others on the road that a visitor would find himself "in the ditch" if he was not careful, and probably turn a somersault into the bargain. Drivers habitually hugged the centre of the bitumen and visitors, not accustomed to the Taranaki driving "manners,' repeatedly f ound themselyes in trOuble. In meeting some cars one almost expected the next minute to be his last, and these motorists were the reverse of - "gentlemen of the road." This driver also expressed the opinion that there were more old cars on the Taranaki roads than in any other district in the country, and the drivers gave visitors a rough spin. He also mentioned that at night drivers rarely dipped their headlights.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 30, 29 October 1937, Page 6
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