HOLIDAY COLLISIONS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 132, 11 January 1939, Page 3

HOLIDAY COLLISIONS

BOTH PARTIES TO .BLAME EXPLANATION B Y PATHOL Several complaints have been received by the resident A.A. patrol, Mr. D. M. McGregor, concerning a type of accident that apparently lias been prevalent during the holidays on the north and south roads, and in which both parties are equally to blame, states the P.B. Herald.

It appears that'tourists are halting on the roads to view points of scenic interest, a: practice that is not unusual or dangerous in the normal course. However, some are stopping their vehicles near bends in the highway and approaching cars on the blind side of the corner, unaware of their presence, have been colliding with the stationary vehicles and causing structural damage to the cars. In the first place, Mr. McGregor said, the drivers of the stationary cars were blaming the other car drivers for travelling, around the corners too fast, not admitting the fact that they should not be parked in that position.

The first person was offending the regulations by parking so close to a bend as to. cause obstruction, and the second was also offending by being unable to stop in half the length of visible clear roadway directly ahead of his vehicle.