MOTORISTS, BEWARE!

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 198, 12 August 1940, Page 5

MOTORISTS, BEWARE!

HAVE YOU READ THE LATEST REGULATIONS? Because ignorance-..0f the law is no excuse for a breach of that law, regulations as gazetted from time to time should be studied by those affected. Some of the latest rules, in which interest should be aroused, are those concerning motorists, and so, you Whakatane Eystons and Campbells, brief mention is here made of them to assist you in keeping on-side with the long, long arm of the law. As a matter of fact, it is on the suggestion of that long arm's representative in .Whakatane, Traffic Inspector J- H. Delves, that this publicity is given to the three most important of the latest traffic regulations. You may -possibly have heard, vaguely, that you are not now allowed to use} your 'warning device,' to Avit, a horn, Vluring the night.' The relative "clause indicates that save in respect of ambulances and fire ei'gines, or in the case of an emergency arising from the presence of other users of the road, you are barred from using the aforesaid warning device between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. in any borough .or town district or in any locality declared to be a densely populated area. Those Little White Lines. The second regulation deals with firearms and declares that no person shall carry in his vehicle a fire arm which is loaded in barrel, breech or magazine, without written jjermission from a Superintendent or Inspector of Police, Sportsmen should note. The third, of much importance, has as its subject the double Avhite lines seen on the roads. The double lines constitute a warning to the motorist that he must not overtake in the length for which they are marked. Generally they are placed on corners or on hill brows, but the fact that they may be seen in places where, apparently, they are not required, does not release the motorist from the obligation to observe the rule. Local knowledge will have influenced the marking and motorists on strange roads should appreciate that fact. The rule is not quite as harsh as it may seem; yon are allowed to overtake ...... a cyclist. But whether it appears to be harsh or nol, the regulation requiring the observance of the double white lines is for tha motorist's: benefit; to take notice of the guiding mark will be to his' own advantage.