Overtaking Correctly
The danger of overtaking on the wrong side of vehicles was demonstrated in the Strand on Tuesday when a young boy on a bicycle caught up to a slowly moving car and endeavoured to pass it ,on the wrong side.. The car ? howwas pulling into the. curl) and the juvenile cyclist suddenly found himself sandwiched in a fast decreasing space between the car and ■ithe curb. Defective brakes on the anachine made it impossible for him to stop at. such short and iit was oniy by quickly jumping off an<l dragging his bike, on to the footpath that he was able to avoid ..being hurt. Ample opportunity has been given school children to learn the rules of the road by the. Automobile Association, and by failing to know them properly } they are not -only a menace to themselves but. also to other people.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 33, 15 December 1944, Page 5
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145Overtaking Correctly Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 33, 15 December 1944, Page 5
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