AMERICA’S CROCKS
SCRAPPED FOR SAFETY Believing that many motor accidents are the direct result of the use of old, worn-out cars, motor manufacturers in America have formed a committee to organise a campaign to scrap them. The committee has the support of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, and it estimates that 400,000 old cars will be sent to the scrap-heap this year, in addition to the normal scrapping, which is constantly going on. The campaign is being financed by the motor manufacturers to the extent of 15 million dollars, and it is hoped that with the numerous safety features of new cars, it will result in a greatly reduced accident list. At the best, it can only be helpful and cannot entirely stop road accidents, as there are several other important factors, over which nobody has any control. These are unsafe, incompetent and reckless drivers, and careless pedestrians.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 958, 29 April 1930, Page 6
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149AMERICA’S CROCKS Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 958, 29 April 1930, Page 6
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