REGULATION OF MOTOR TRAFFIC.
Inspkctor Gii.ijks, of Christchurch states that the principal difficulty met with by the police authorities in regard to the regulation of motor traffic is the absence of speed limits in either the cities or the country districts. The point is dealt with by the Motor Regulation Act of 1907. Its provisions are of a general character. They do not place specific restrictions on motors, and they leave a very wide margin for difference of opinion in regard to their meaning. “Every person,” the regulations say, “commits an offence who drives a motor on a public highway recklessly or negligently, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the bublic, having regard to all the circumstances ol the case, including the nature, condition, and use of the highway, and the amount of the traffic which actually is at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the highway • ” A constable may apprehend without warrant the driver of any motor who committs an offence against this section within the view of the constable, if the offender refuses to give his name and address on demand, and if the motor does not bear marks of identification.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 462, 24 June 1909, Page 2
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204REGULATION OF MOTOR TRAFFIC. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 462, 24 June 1909, Page 2
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