LATITUDE FOR MOTORISTS
Lord Trenchard, the Chief Police Commissioner in Britain, has issued an extremely sensible schedule of instructions to the force, which is welcomed by motorists, and probably also by all policemen. The effect of it is that in future more latitude will be allowed to motorists who commit trivial o fences. Instead of being summoned for leaving cars unattended, or for failing to switch on their lamps at light-ing-up time, the motorist will receive words of warning or advice from the policemen. The motorist, of course, will not be permitted to presume on such leniency,; habitual carelessnsss will lead to a fine. But hitherto motorists have, frer quently been pestered unnecessarily by police and summoned, .where a friendly reminder was really all that was required. It is estimated that the new instructions will reduce the number of motoring summonses by about 70 per cent. and the police will be given more time to deal with really serioUs crime, in which, incidentally,, the motor-car plays an increasing part.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 344, 4 October 1932, Page 2
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