TRAINING OF DRIVERS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 338, 27 September 1932, Page 2

TRAINING OF DRIVERS

i j Dihcussing drivors as factors in ac- - cidents, the National Lr.fety Council : of Chicago, in the course of a report I on the aecident problem as a whole, ; srid; — j "A few drivers aio hveident-prone' 1 l^ecause of physi'T.l or m ntal dofeets ■ — poor eyesight cr hcarlng, oyilensy, , and the like. A much greater number | of accidents re.su It frem lack of skill I or faulty attitude which we call carelessness. The remedy for lack of skill is training. The remedy for faulty attitude is training and disc'pline. Employers who have gone the furthest in accident reduction insist on careful training of all new drivers and retraining of those who have had accidents, baclced up by discipiine where needed. "Private drivers are largely selftaught. The majority have managed to adjust themselves to the increasing speed and strain of modern traffie. Some , however, have not, and their unsafe habits (of which they are often unawai'"e) are oue of the chief causes of accidents. Definite training in safe driving is urgently needed, boch for these expei'ienced hut unsafe drivers, and for those who are inexjprineced. Training methods must be wox'ked out as carefully as for any other skilled occupations."