THE POOR MOTOR CYCLIST.
Siiy—ln reply to "One who docs not interfere with the pleus.ure of others," I would remind him that no motor-cycle was ever designed' to carry more t!ian the'rider.; litnce the advent of the "sidecar," which was specially designed that the.motor-cyclist might take a pnstenger, with ft reasonable amount of safety.' 1 My contention is, that the passenger seated directly above the rear wheel; with in- v sccme seating aiid foothold, causes erratic steering,, ami therefore becomes a serious menace to traffic, as in time of emergency it is necessary to steer or swerve quickly, and wobble and inevitable disaster is bound to ensue, not only to these foolish "double-bankers/' bu'„ r!;o to. whoever they happen to collide with. In Great Britain, and on the Continent, police regulations forbid overloading 1 of motor-cycles. Cbristchurch, N.Z., • has also a regulation-in. force, and one has only to witness some of the hairbreadth escapes from serious accident which'occur almost daily to se« the necessity for a more stringent control .of the abuses of motor-cycling iu Wellington—l am, etc., W..M.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2805, 24 June 1916, Page 10
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179THE POOR MOTOR CYCLIST. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2805, 24 June 1916, Page 10
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