Automobiles - Speed

Date: 1996

From: Waerea, James, 1940- :Two cartoon originals and 3 cartoon photocopies published in New Truth between 13 December 1996 - 10 January 1997.

Reference: A-322-003

Description: Shows the rear of a car as it drives along a road with groups of crosses on both sides, and a black sky. Speech bubbles show the conversation of a son and his father. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - James Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt pen, 172 x 216 mm (irreg.)

Date: [1960s]

By: NZ Transport Agency

Reference: ATL-Group-00307

Description: Slides and photographic prints showing Ministry of Transport Road Transport Division road safety messages, created circa 1960s, concerning speed, alcohol, and driver distraction. The slides were to be projected in cinemas before a film screening. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides were received in a cardboard box that had been posted to "Mr G T Henry, Road Transport Division, Ministry of Transport, Private Bag, Wellington". Box was stamped "Received 19 Sep 1969". Quantity: 6 colour lantern slide(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Glass lantern slides and photographic prints Transfers: To Ephemera: Pin badges relating to road safety..

Date: 1938

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to road safety, driving and transport]

By: New Zealand. Transport Department; Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971

Reference: Eph-A-SAFETY-Road-1938-01

Description: Cinderella stickers, all except one with the words "Please drive carefully!" at the bottom. Individual wording includes: Holidays - record traffic - record risk! (Shows a road with cars going both ways, and a tent pitched at the left) Your holiday won't do you much good if you don't come back safe and sound (shows an open-topped car and its passengers proceeding along a road) He is worth saving (a mother holds up her smiling infant child. There is a car and tent in the background) Their lives are in your hands (A girl and boy crossing in front of a car) Put safety first these holidays (a car and its passengers are silhouetted against a red cloud) School holidays (two children cross the road with picnic basket, bucket and spade. A car pulls up to let them pass) When going on holiday, start early - and cut down on your speed. Shows a car pulling a small caravan, silhouetted against a rising sun. The words "Please drive carefully!" do not appear on this one) Date confirmed by a similar set for sale from the Complete Stamp Company, April 2017. Artists may include George Bridgman and Leonard Cornwall Mitchell, who designed similar images of large poster size. Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithographs on perforated stickers, each 45 x 30 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2008.

Date: 1987

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-136-667

Description: Shows Prime Minister, David Lange driving a small car with Deputy Prime Minister, Geoffrey Palmer, in the passenger seat. The car is out of control and its wheels are coming off. On the roof of the car are large packages called 'job security', Corporisation', 'Unemployment' and 'Ecomomic policy'. On two of the wheels are the words 'F.O.L support' and 'C.S.U. support'. A wheel which has flown off has the words 'West Coast Miners' on it. Refers to problems in the speed of economic change under the Lange government in 1987. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 1 A3 photocopy Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 2007

From: Buist, Grant, 1973- : [Jitterati digital cartoons published in The Capital Times newspaper]

Reference: DCDL-0008339

Description: "Jitterati" cartoon strip. Shows Jaimee and Debbie walking along Cuba Street near the city bypass. Jaimee thinks that the bypass is just an expensive way to let people go faster in their cars. Debbie thinks it could be worse and as it hasn't altered the essential character of Cuba Street. Just then an accident occurs which makes them think again about what they were saying. Refers to the impact of the bypass on Cuba Street and Te Aro. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005207

Description: Shows a police officer with a speed camera which is displaying a menu from which he is about to select either families, old ladies or real hoons (not applicable). At the bottom of the menu is buttons for entering speed and fine and a delete button. The speed camera is directed to a car that is approaching on the road in front of the officer. Refers to public opinion that police speed cameras do not focus on the real speeding culprits. Published in The Press, 15 March 2005 Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2009

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0011219

Description: A bus and a truck tear past but the helpless traffic officer is at a loss as to what to do because his new digital camera says thay are going at 400 kph when they are only doing 200. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005475

Description: Shows the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, wearing large fluffy dice as earrings. She says "Whaddya mean speeding?". Fluffy dice are usually hung from the rearview mirror in cars and are usually associated with people who drive fast cars. Refers to the motorcade incident where the car in which Clark was travelling in reached speeds of up to 172km/h when taking Clark from Waimate to Christchurch Airport so she could attend a rugby union match in Wellington. Clark said that she was busy working in the back seat and had no influence or role in the decision to speed and did not realise the speed of her vehicle. Published in The Press, 3 August 2005 Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009565

Description: Shows a traffic police officer standing with a speed camera waiting for slowly approaching car to come near. He asks his Sargeant who is sitting in a police vehicle which resembles a cash register, whether or not they can fine someone for being too slow. Refers to speeding fines. See DCDL-0009566 for black and white version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DX-022-062

Description: Shows Haami Piripi leaning out a window of the Maori Language Commission, turning down a man selling whitewash. Mr Piripi (CEO) made a highly critical submission to the select committee considering the Foreshore and Seabed Bill which has led some politicians to call for his resignation. Also refers to the speeding motorcade of Prime Minister Helen Clark. Extended Title - Maori Language Commission. Do not disturb. Inquiry in progress. Whitewash. Quantity: 1 digital image(s) ..

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0004830

Description: Shows a car pulled over by seven police officers. Two of the officers have cameras while the others are fining the driver for a number of offences - "Bit of rust here!" "Three K's over the limit!" "Rego's out of date!". Meanwhile the car has run over a man who is lying on the road in the foreground and being ignored by the officers. Published in The Press, 9 February 2005 Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014389

Description: The police chief sits at his desk holding a newspaper with the headline 'Police priorities queried'. He tells three policemen that they are being accused of not apprehended enough child abusers. One of the policemen denies that this is the case by protesting that when they exceed the speed limit they get tickets like everyone else. The suggestion is that more effort is being put into catching people who exceed the speed limit than catching child abusers. Refers to a national inquiry into an "unacceptable" backlog of child-abuse cases. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0010168

Description: Shows a forklift raising a police car into the air. The forklift driver asks the policeman how fast he reckons the forklift was going. Refers to an amusing incident when a woman was accused of driving at 119 km an hour but the vehicle number was that of a forklift. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0013770

Description: The cartoon shows a huge street sign reading 'SLOW DOWN!' beside which two traffic policemen sit in their car as speeding cars race past. One of the policemen wonders if Winter Olympians are the only ones to get the message. Refers to too much speed on the roads and also to the dangerous speed of the luge at the Vancouver Winter Olympics which caused the death of a Georgian luger. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0014884

Description: The cartoon shows a number of elderly policemen riding bicycles, holding truncheons and blowing whistles. A senior policeman explains to a colleague that they have recommissioned some of their earlier pursuit teams as they never had accidents. Refers to debate about how far police cars should go in chasing people in vehicles after a series of serious accidents. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0000014

Description: The scene shows a lovely summer's day with fluffy clouds in the sky and a little Morris Minor trundling along a country road. It has just passed a huge sign which originally read 'IF YOU DRINK AND DRIVE YOU'RE A BLOODY IDIOT!' but recently the words 'DRINK' and 'IDIOT' have been crossed out and replaced with the words 'SPEED' and 'GOLDMINE' so that the sign now reads 'IF YOU SPEED YOU ARE A BLOODY GOLDMINE!' Refers to the notion that Land transport is catching as many speeding drivers as possible in order to fill up their coffers with speeding fines. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0006127

Description: Shows a speeding car being chased by a police car. The driver says that they are not speeding just following the Prime Minister to the rugby. Refers to the motorcade incident where the car in which Helen Clark was travelling in reached speeds of up to 172km/h when taking her to a rugby match. Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "QANTAS2004" Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005479

Description: Shows a speeding red car with a personalised number plate 'Bribes!'. Someone says "Look out! It's another speeding Labour motorcade!". Refers to the motorcade incident where the car in which the leader of the Labour party, Helen Clark, was travelling in reached speeds of up to 170km/h. Also refers to the political bribes and promises made by Labour leading up to the 2005 General Election. Published in The Press, 6 August 2005 Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2008

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0005161

Description: Shows a young man standing beside his souped up car telling an older man who looks unimpressed that he is heading to Garden Place to liven up the pedestrians. Refers to the fact that planners are considering allowing traffic into Garden Place which is a pedestrian only space in the CBD of Hamilton. The young man is a boy racer who is certainly going to take advantage of the situation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009566

Description: Shows a traffic police officer standing with a speed camera waiting for slowly approaching car to come near. He asks his Sargeant who is sitting in a police vehicle which resembles a cash register, whether or not they can fine someone for being too slow. Refers to speeding fines. See DCDL-0009565 for colour version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).