“SAFETY FIRST.”

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5153, 18 July 1927, Page 3

“SAFETY FIRST.”

MOTORIST AND PEDESTRIAN.

BETTER TRAFFIC REGULATION,

“I would sooner drive in the busiest part of London than on Lambtcn Quay,” said Mr L. A. Edwards in an address on “Safety First” to members of the executive of the North Island Motor Union at Wellington. Referring to what he described as the creation of an atmosphere of antagonism towards motorists, Mr Edwards said that it was a mistake to assume that the increase in the number of motoring 'gtalities in Ne.v Zealand, as recorded by the Government Statistician, was due to increased carelessness on the part of the motorist. One had to take into account the,large increase in the number of cars every year, and also the population. Anyone who had driven in London would agree that conditions'there were infinitely better than in New Zealand, particularly Wellington. So far as control of the pedestrian was concerned i Wellington was the worst city in New Zealand. Even in Hawera,.he said, supervision was much stricter. The North Island Motor Union would be failing in its duty if it did not institute a campaign to counteract the growing feeling that the motorist was careless of the lives and limbs of citizens.