DANGER SEEN IN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
P.A. AUCKLAND, Nov. 26. “ The disastrous Christchurch fire shows the urgent necessity for getting the traffic regulations amended to let fire engines proceed to a fire without being held up by lights and pedestrian crossings,” said Mr B. Brigham, chairman of the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Board, at a meeting of the board. “In such an emergency every second counts; and people could be burnt to death while an engine waited for lights to change from red to green,” he said. . The board resolved to communicate with the Minister of Transport, Mr Hackett, and ask for immediate attention to be given to amendments which it had proposed in a letter six weeks ago. Permission for engines to proceed against red lights was sought in the proposals.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26629, 27 November 1947, Page 6
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130DANGER SEEN IN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Otago Daily Times, Issue 26629, 27 November 1947, Page 6
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