DANGEROUS RAILWAY CROSSING.
MOTORIST BEFORE COUTtT. “It would do some people the world of good if they had to ride on the front of the engine, and see what it is like from an engine-driv-er’s point of view,” said Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., convicting and ordering Carl William McGurr to pay 10s court costs for failing to stop a motor truck before coming into contact with a railway crossing, and failing to keep a vigilant lookout for approaching trains and attempting to pass over the crossing when the line was not clear.
The defendant pleaded guiltv. Constable Murphy stated that the offence was committed on a Sunday, when a special train was proceeding to Frankton Junction and the defendant did not think of a train approaching until he was right on the crossing. He had had an extremely narrow escape from serious injuries, if not death.
In renly to the Magistrate, McGurr said that it was a bad crossing (near Tirau) and he did not hear the train coming.
Both the Magistrate and the police agreed as to the dangerous nature of the crossing, the former remarking that he knew it well. Mr. Paterson, in giving his decision as above, also stressed the fact that motorists cannot be too careful when approachrailway crossings.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 289, 23 May 1929, Page 5
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214DANGEROUS RAILWAY CROSSING. Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 289, 23 May 1929, Page 5
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