CONTROL OF TRAFFIC.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1713, 2 April 1913, Page 6

CONTROL OF TRAFFIC.

' * * .. TIIE. POLICE TAKE CHARGE. The police assumed control of lli« street traffic in Wellington yesterday,, i It is not intended "to put the screw oil" suddenly, -! bccuuso through long neglect drivers!have got iiito bad habits, iiml' arc apt to-Jrescnt intoH'erenco when remonstrated >v'th,-but tlioy are now to be gently but.iiiinly educated iii tho way they should go l , as distinct from the way they should nit; Oiie of'tho most freqilent lapses is driving on tlie wrong side of tho road, not only when proceeding alojig a "straight," but iu rounding comers. This is to )h> slopped at once, as it is one ol' the most prolific causes of street accidents.: The driver of a carl, who was quito 011 his wrong side,' was liindo to swervo into position opposite the Albert Hotel yesterday afternoon by tilio Constable on duty. When ordered to get to tlio left lie looked quite angry, and began to talk to himself. That is Hie kind of man which will have to bu educated. Motor chauffeurs and motor cyclists will not bo allowed to race at random round corners. ' Tlicy are to be coached into some. respect for life and limb. It would b» well if one of the tralEo officers were told off for duty at the Opera Houso at tho hour the theatre closes. At times there are . scenes of hopeless confusion iu'the jumble of motor-cars, tramcars, and cabs, lind the people who crowd out on to the road toko an even chance of being knocked down.