Windscreen havoc

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 26, 29 November 1983, Page 10

Windscreen havoc

Following extensive roadworks in the Waimarino a significant number of drivers have had their windscreens and headlamps broken. No fewer than seven broken windscreens and three broken headlamps were reported over a 4-day period and it is not an uncommon sight in Raetihi and Ohakune these days to see cars either with no windscreens at all or with a temporary plastic screen in place. One Army car with a sheet of plastic taped over where a windscreen had been was seen being driven through Ohakune last Tuesday by a soldier in uniform whose face was covered in sticking plaster and bandages. Most of the accidents have occurred on the road between Raetihi and Ohakune but others have been reported on StaJtffc Highway 49 betwea^ Waiouru and Ohakune. Apart from the bandaged soldier/ driver seen in Ohakune last week no injuries appear to have been suffered by other drivers or occupants of the damaged cars but the inconvenience to car owners and the cost to insurance companies must have been considerable.