The Road Gang

Once, there wafted the stink of the horse and its exhaust to avoid stepping on when crossing the street. Then came the noisy motor vehicle and its pervasive carbon monoxide and tyre particulates to poison the lung and pollute the environment. This third and final volume of New Zealand's transport history describes how some of the first coach and bicycle builders and importers hesitantly transitioned to the new motor vehicle first viewed as a novelty that wouldn't last. But the motor vehicle did