Automobile driver education
Photographic prints relating to road transport
Date: 1950-2000
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: PAColl-7327-1-139
Description: Photographs relating to roads and traffic, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images relating to roads are arranged alphabetically from T Images relating to traffic are arranged alphabetically from C to R Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.
Dowse Art Museum :Automotive; questioning the car. 27 July 1996 - 31 March 1997. Dowse ...
Date: 1996
From: [Ephemera and poster of A1 size relating to motor vehicles, specific brands of automobiles. 1900s]
By: Dowse Art Museum; Brooke-White, Julia Stace, 1942-
Reference: Eph-D-MOTOR-VEHICLE-1996-01
Description: Shows four inset photographs of novelty cars: Shell Traffic trainer car c. 1960; Arana Horncy, Waikato pedal car 1996; Desmond Ford, Strange vacation 1996; William Brockie, pedal car 1941. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 297 x 840 mm.
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[19 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in October 1987.]
Date: 1987
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-362-269/287
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
New road code
Date: [ca 1977]
From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]
By: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003; Waikato Times (Newspaper)
Reference: A-454-356
Description: A man is looking concerned as he reads a book titled “New Road Code” He has been in an accident recently with his clothes dishevelled and his head in a bandage and arm in a sling. He also has a tag hanging off him that says “A”. Caption reads “The Gentlemen of the Road. I think I’m that person named “A” – That’s the one who must always give way To the party called “X” – Irrespective of sex, - Not matter the time – night or day.” Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 245 x 210 mm
Correspondence from the Institute of Advanced Motorists
Date: 2002
From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey
Reference: MS-Papers-12578-09
Description: Correspondence dated 1971 and 2002 addressed to John Bailey from the Institute of Advanced Motorists (NZ) Inc. regarding subscriptions and testing. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed correspondence.
Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :Right-hand rule amended - news. "It's the only way we could ...
Date: 1958 - 1962
From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].
Reference: A-310-174
Description: Two cars at an intersection. One has taken into the air with a rotor blade above the car in order to avoid a collision with new give-way rules Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm
Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :Road hogs. Higher fines. Stop. [ca 1960]
Date: 1958 - 1962
From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].
Reference: A-310-180
Description: A pig, labelled 'road-hog', being hauled backwards by a leg rope higher fines' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper ; 280 x 380 mm
Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :Road safety classes began last night - drivers and pedestria...
Date: 1958 - 1962
From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].
Reference: A-310-162
Description: A man holding a broken steering wheel, hurtling through a window into a road safety class Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm
Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :Drive carefully. Holiday ahead. [ca 1960]
Date: 1958 - 1962
From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].
Reference: A-310-181
Description: A bend in a road, with a sign reminding drivers to take care in the holiday season Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm
LERN-RITE Driving School. "There's a button I push to make me a safer driver??? Which o...
Date: 2006
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Reference: DCDL-0002618
Description: A young woman is having a driving lesson. She turns to her instructor to ask which button she should press to make her a safer driver. The driver tells her it is the button that turns her cell phone off. Refers to the dabgerous practice of using cell phones while driving. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Driving
Date: 30 January 2018
From: Orchard, Samuel, 1984- : Digital comics created for the Rooster Tails website
Reference: DCDL-0040110
Description: Four panel comic showing the artist sitting at in the drivers seat, sweating and shaking with a passenger looking at him. The panels are dated "Oct 2017", "Nov 2017", "Dec 2017", and "Jan 2018". The final panel contains the word "Snap!" and he appears to fall backwards. Originally published at www.roostertailscomic.com. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Moreu, Michael, 1969- :"If they really wanted to make a difference... 25 February 2015
Date: 2015
From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0031102
Description: Depicts John Key speaking to a man in a car with an 'L' sign, branded 'AAA driving instruction'. John Key says: 'We're deploying a bunch of you overseas to train people so foreigners don't come here and kill New Zealanders'. Refers to the recently announced deployment of Defence Force personnel to Iraq in a training role, and current public concern over the number of fatal driving accidents involving overseas visitors. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
File relating to school traffic training, mid-1950s-1960s
Date: 2011
From: Colquhoun, David, 1951-2018: Research papers
Reference: MSDL-1355
Description: File comprising emailed memories of National Library staff members and others about the school traffic training programme set up in 1957, using the sets of pedal cars and other aids. The research was done as background for a short newspaper story by Colquhoun accompanying a photograph of a traffic training day at Karori School. The story and picture were published in the Wellingtonian community newspaper as part of their 'From the Turnbull Library series', and, later, in the book 'Wellingtonians: from the Turnbull collections' (Steele Roberts, 2011). The traffic training scheme was set up in 1957 with sponsorship by Shell Oil. There were two sets, one for each island, transported around schools by a big truck. In addition to the pedal cars there were bikes, picket fences, and houses (which were converted from the packing cases it all came in). Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Ekers, Paul, 1961-:"Should do the trick". 23 March 2012
Date: 2012
From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]
Reference: DCDL-0028462
Description: Black and white cartoon shows a man standing in front of his car, holding a hammer. He looks at a sign that he has attached to the front bumber of the car, which gives a visual depiction of the new give way traffic laws in New Zealand, and thinks to himself that 'should do the trick'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).