CONFLICTING LAWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 907, 26 February 1930, Page 10

CONFLICTING LAWS

MOTOR REGULATIONS Tn BE CLARIFIED 0 CONFERENCE OPENS rrcta Association Wellington, Today The opinion that too many tions are placed upon motorists t*. cause of the excessive zeal of th responsible for the framing of re * lations was expressed by the ilinlst of Transport, the Hon. W. A. Veit t* yesterday, when opening a confer ence of representatives of various motor interests called by him t 0 co „ cider revising the existing regll ,“’ tions. Taking a purely commonseime and practical view of the situatiem, tl. Minister said, experience had him that there had been a great de-i of overlapping and consequently necessary interference with the tnotf! ment of motor vehicles through™.. New Zealand. They had no centrnj system and sections of the people ; various localities had different kind” of regulations and restrictions. E o* always with the same object. Thera were a number of limitations arid regulations affecting motor transport with which it was not possible t 0 comply". The regulations should not b, framed to irritate people, but should be applied as little as possible atd only so far as was necessary to pro. tect the liberty and lives of others He was sure that all would take broad national view of the matters submitted to them during the conference. They had undertaken a difficultask, but he believed they would meewith success.

The Minister then withdrew and the control of the conference was handed over to the Commissioner of Traus. port, Mr. J. S. Hunter, and delegates discussed in committee various matters on the agenda paper. it 15 expected that the conference will las, some days.