RACE TRAFFIC DANGERS.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 8, 17 July 1930, Page 7

RACE TRAFFIC DANGERS.

During the past week there has been racing at Trentham; and our town has been visited by hundreds, nay, thousands, of motorists of every class, variety and description. Some drivers have been careful and law-abiding; others have not. En route to the scene of the. festivities there was little more than an occasional outbreak of speeding to complain of, and, these were promptly checked by the traffic officers,; whose efficient work, during the- daylight hours is worthy of the highest eommen- • datiori. But tje trafiSc coniroUer is but' hiimanf and "cons^queritly «anjpnlyi be in "one" pla6e at atime> and cei-tainly the regulation 6f so enormous a yoliime of traiSc had to be handled: at thie^conclus^ ion of- the races w;as obviously a; task'quite beyond th^ Ignited ntunbev of traijic Qpntrolb^eieirst and? t fcu^er v^ey Have neither motor cycles nor cars at their disposal in which to follow up seri~. ous offenders. "TKe* omcers do best, and, it is a vejjy gpp^: best at that, and they should not be blamed for what is obviously beyond their power to prevent;! But' the fact remains that our main roads were on three evenings last week far more dangerous ..than "a modern battle-field^ and. that even the footpaths were in some cases invaded while to use the roadway was to ask for destruction by. these engines of death, the up-to<late Juggernaut. It is very plain that something must be done, and that right soon. We hear of Conferences, Boards, Deputations, and speeches by the mile, but it is not apparently from any or either of these sources that the remedy for this ' dangerous condition of affairs is to be looked. Talk is cheap; and useless. Action bn^ the proper authorities is imperatively 'iieeded "'if- this1; wholesale slaughter of hurhan beings is to be prevented or even curtailed. We. are a patient and long-suffering people, but patience has its limits. But, carping critics despite, the Borough Traffic Control Officers are to be heartily congratulated on the fact that they have passed through three days of extreme danger, both to themselves and the general public without a single serious or fatal accident having oc-, curred on the roads under their j charge. ;