TOO MANY ACCIDENTS
GOOD ROADS AND MOTORS
INCREASED MAXIMUM PENALTY (j ’HE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. “I have been struck by the fact that generally speaking motor accidents happen on good roads," said the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. H. E. Holland, in the House of Representatives tewiny when the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill was under discussion. Mr. Coates: Then if we had more roads we would have more accidents. Mr. Holland: That is no argument against good roads. Mr. Coates: Oh. no, of course not. Mr. Holland: It proves that accidents are preventable, and the problem is how to apply measures to make them more preventable. Mr. Holland expressed the hope that the Government would do something to meet the situation arising as a result of the appalling number of accidents recorded at the present time. It was becoming extraordinarily serious, and he was not sure than an Increase ot the maximum penalty from £2O to £SO, as proposed in the Bill, would have more than a deterring effect on certain individuals. He thought something more comprehensive should be done to ascertain whether it was possible to minimise the number of accidents.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 179, 19 October 1927, Page 9
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194TOO MANY ACCIDENTS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 179, 19 October 1927, Page 9
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