MOTORS AND PEDESTRIANS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16154, 7 March 1918, Page 9

MOTORS AND PEDESTRIANS.

* TO THE EDITOR OV "THE PKESS." rcau-tu yuur isaiio or current 'Scale, a lector in - ,vmcn lie aefuom> cue ot motor y and cycle accidents., ana mciuenluily > t 5 s tue. whole buraen 01 biuuie oat-no v lu stucuig tnat per com. »■ tSnre or riao ou trie wrong siuo ai tlio, 'Cl * mamta i ll n rOiu^ J ror x)rae- ■ the sio;v horse and curl art: liio 1 vonly offenders in ims. iie {jives threa causes of accidents, v.iiku i admit are ■f?A;S®te possible, anu no aoubt -probable, . Bomo cases, but hero are tiuroe otners ■]?^ re 3? :— pedestrian stepping into street without even glancing cither Cjkj? A to sb® if any vehicle is coining. gT&A pedestrian wandering aimlessly the street and suddenly turning e * A pedestrian in a hurry. *" three things aro more than coniChristchurch, as. I will prove * ;^ A - E2rioved ' n or else inter- - es red if they care to ascertain my name ■ .ana address office of this V jf r " Christchurch public suddenly be faced with the traffic regu- ; > lotions -which govern London (20 miles si* I ? er "our). or Wellington, there Would i>- " something to complain of in the ci • ?,j are .°f accidents for a time. The jfe Mucation Bottrd has approved of a ag -> scheme whereby children are instructed ill * {*° schools to observe necessary rules [{I °f Jue road, and to my mind, the genefa public are as much, in need of somew >sf f Qc as the children. Let us ® have by-laws governing pedestrians, who S - should be fined when they disregard - " lem > the same as motorists axe at jg, present, and then we "will havo less «• • street ■ accidents.—-Yours, etc., f: , r .THE IN THE ROAI>. ||' J March sth.