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TABLE No. 12.—TRAFFIC OFFENCES BUREAU. Table showing for the Six Months ended 31st March, 1938, a Classification of the Offences reported by Traffic Inspectors on the Staff of the Transport Department, together with a Tabulation of the Action taken in connection with these Reports.

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Nature of Offence. j Reported. | Prosecuted. Warned, j Motor-vehicles Act. 1. Drunk in charge .. .. • • • • • • 55 55 2. Negligent driving . . .. ■ ■ • • 24 24 3. Driving in dangerous manner . . .. .. 205 189 9 7 4. Speed dangerous .. • ■ • • • • 62 54 6 2 5. Careless or inconsiderate driving .. .. .. 14 11 3 6. Exceeding 30 miles per hour in restricted area .. 290 255 33 2 7. Overtaking at bend or hill-crest .. • • • • 33 23 10 8. Falling to keep to left .. • • • • ■ • 50 45 5 9. Failing to yield way at intersection. . . . .. 15 13 2 10. Drivers' license offences .. .. ■ ■ • • 194 152 32 10 11. Unlicensed or unregistered vehicles .. .. 73 61 12 12. Defective lights .. • • • • • ■ • • 92 65 21 6 13. Defective brakes ■. • • • • • • 74 63 9 2 14. No Warrant of Fitness .. • ■ • • • • 651 519 98 34 15. Loading offences • • • • • • • • 44 38 5 1 16. Parking offences . • • • • ■ • ■ • • 38 27 10 1 17. Third-party-insurance offences . . .. • • 5 4 1 18. Cycling offences . . • ■ • ■ • • • • 160 101 41 18 19. Pedestrian offences •• •• •• •• 6 5 1 20. Miscellaneous • • • • ■ ■ • ■ • • 161 120 27 14 Total, Motor-vehicles Act .. .. 2,246 1,824 325 97 Heavy Traffic and Miscellaneous. 1. Exceeding licensed load . . . . ■ ■ • • 228 200 26 2 2. No heavy-traffic license .. • • ■ ■ • • 169 144 21 4 3. Speeding • • ■ • • • • • • ■ 129 111 18 4. Exceeding road-classification . . . . • • 74 65 5 4 5. Exceeding axle-load • • • • • • • • 41 32 7 2 6. Wrong distribution of load .. .. •• 18 11 7 7. Miscellaneous .. • • • • • • ■ • 28 4 20 4 8. Wandering stock . . • • • • • • 5 5 Total, heavy traffic and miscellaneous .. .. 692 572 104 16 Transport Licensing Act. 1. Unlicensed goods-services . . .. •• •• 70 56 12 2 2. Breach of goods-service license .. .. .. 55 44 9 - 2 3. Failing to carry Certificate of Fitness or Inspection 55 40 13 2 Certificate 4. Failing to carry vehicle-authority or temporary-license 48 41 7 5. Unlicensed passenger-service .. • • • • 44 34 8 6. Driving-hours breaches .. •• •• •• 7 5 2 7. Overloading passenger-service vehicle . . • • 6 4 2 8. Overloading goods-service vehicle .. • • •. 3 3 9. Breaches of passenger-service license . . 10. Miscellaneous .. ■■ •• 8 6 1 1 — 1 Total, Transport Licensing Act .. . . 296 j 233 54 9 SUMMARY. Motor-vehicles Act .. ... .. .. 2,246 1,824 325 97 Heavy traffic and miscellaneous . • • • • • 692 572 104 16 Transport Licensing Act . . • ■ ■ • • • 296 2-33 54 9 Total, all offences .. • • ■ • • • 3,234 2,629 483 122