SPEED AND SAFETY
SERVICE-CAR DRIVERS DEFENDED VIEWS OF A.A.A. “I am rather inclined to think people over-estimate the speeds of service cars. As a general rule, we fear private drivers more.” fT'HIS statement was made by Mr. F. A G. Farrell at a meeting of the Automobile Association executive last evening, when a Mr. H. L. White wrote complaining of speeding service drivers endangering and running down motor-cyclists. Mr. J. Park: It is a wonder some of the cyclists are not cut down. I understand the service times allow the drivers to keep within the limits. Mr. A. Grayson, chairman: I can’t recollect any cyclist being run down hy a service car. Generally the cyclist goes too fast. Mr. Farrell said he had recently followed a service car for many miles, and found that he kept to a speed between 30 and 35 miles an hour. He had never seen any service car “hogging." Mr. G. Henning: They hold a fairly good average speed, and are not nearly as dangerous as the man who is racing one minute and idling the next.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 536, 13 December 1928, Page 16
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