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TABLE No. 10.—PROSECUTIONS BY TRAFFIC INSPECTORS OF TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. Table showing for the Year ended 31st March, 1939, a Classification according to the nature of the Offence of Prosecutions taken by Traffic Inspectors of the Transport Department.

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Case I n f° rm - nfF Proseou- Con- .. ation Amount enee ' tions. victions. m ig S ed with- of Fines. drawn. Motor-vehicles Act and Regulations. Number. Number. Number. Number. £ s. d. 1. Dangerous driving .. .. .. 362 346 12 4 879 14 0 2. Dangerous speed .. .. .. 99 95 3 1 290 0 0 3. Exceeding 30 miles per hour in restricted area 1,049 1,038 4 7 1,832 1 0 4. Intoxicated in charge .. .. .. 130 126 3 1 1,648 0 0 5. Overtaking on bend or hill-crest .. .. 87 82 4 1 128 5 0 6. Failing to keep to left .. .. .. 162 151 6 5 222 15 0 7. Failing to yield right-of-way at intersection 33 31 2 .. 45 10 0 8. Defective brakes .. .. .. 125 121 3 1 205 10 0 9. Defective lights .. .. .. .. 165 165 .. .. 146 12 0 10. No Warrant of Fitness .. .. .. 1,700 1,663 5 32 1,043 0 6 11. Drivers' license offences .. .. .. 573 554 4 15 370 18 6 12. Unlicensed or unregistered motor-vehicles .. 240 228 5 7 215 10 0 13. Cycling offences .. .. .. 450 436 12 2 213 16 0 14. Negligent driving .. .. .. 42 38 2 2 89 0 0 15. Careless or inconsiderate driving .. .. 81 75 3 3 103 0 0 16. Loading offences .. .. • .. 70 69 1 .. 73 10 0 17. Parking offences .. .. .. 50 50 .. .. 24 0 0 18. Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 196 182 9 5 191 5 0 Totals .. .. .. .. 5,614 5,450 78 86 7,722 7 0 Motor-vehicles Insurance Act. 1. Third-party-insurance offences .. ■ .. j 8 ) 7 j 1 j .. | 10 10 0 Transport Licensing Act and Regulations. 1. Unlicensed goods-service .. .. .. 83 68 6 9 153 15 0 2. Unlicensed passenger-service .. .. 18 11 6 1 30 10 0 3. Breach of goods-service license .. .. 69 62 4 3 133 17 0 4. Breach of passenger-service license .. 2 1 .. 1 2 0 0 5. Driving-hours breaches .. .. .. 54 46 4 4 54 10 0 6. Overloading goods-service vehicle .. .. 6 6 .. .. 14 10 0 7. Overloading passenger-service vehicle .. 4 4 .. .. 6 0 0 8. Failing to carry Certificate of Fitness or 101 93 .. 8 92 15 0 Inspection Certificate 9. Failing to carry vehicle authority or temporary 114 92 2 20 71 10 0 license 10. Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. 100 Totals .. .. .. .. 452 384 22 46 560 7 0 Heavy Motor-vehicles Regulations. 1. Exceeding licensed load .. .. .. 335 330 1 4 643 13 9 2. Exceeding road classification .. .. 104 98 .. 6 181 10 0 3. Exceeding axle-load .. .. .. 39 37 2 .. 54 10 0 4. Wrong distribution of load .. .. 12 11 .. 1 11 10 0 5. No heavy-traffic license .. .. .. 230 203 3 24 359 8 0 6. Speeding .. .. .. .. 525 521 2 2 970 3 0 7. Miscellaneous (heavy motor-vehicles) .. 44 43 .. 1 39 5 0 Totals .. .. .. .. 1,289 1,243 8 38 2,259 19 9 Others .. .. .. .. 219 214 3 2 195 14 0 Totals for Dominion .. .. 7,582 7,298 112 172 10,748 17 9