CLEAR VISION

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 47, 19 November 1926, Page 8

CLEAR VISION

AUCKLAND’S PROPOSED. NEW BY-LAW. Another by-law as a safeguard to traffic and pedestrians is soon to be added to Auckland city’s already big list of safety measures (states the "Star”). Upon the recommendation of the chief traffic inspector (Mr. G. R. Hogan), the following proposed new bv-law has been prepared by the city solicitor“No person shall drive a motor vehicle fitted with a windscreen made of glass or other like material ■ unless he shall at al! times whilst such windscreen is in use keep such windscreen in such a condition of transparency that he shall have a clear and uninterrupted view in the direction in which he is travelling.” Regarding the matter, Mr. Hogan submitted a newspaper cutting which contained the remarks of Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at an inquest on a youthful cyclist who was knocked from his machine by a motorbus The driver of the bus attributed the accident to his windscreen being blurred by rain, and the Magistrate was of the opinion that the drivers of all vehicles should keep their windscreenc open, as manv accidents were caused through the vision being obscured by rain. ' On May 19 last Mr. Hogan reported on, the necessity of all motor vehicles being fitted with a windscreen cleaner as a preventive of accidents, and that there was no by-law dealing with the matter; neither was there any provision in the motor vehicles regulations/ The maintenance of the Maikaremoana road from Frasertown right up to Lake House has been taken over bv the. Public Works Department as from October I, find better travelling conditions in wet weather than hitherto should shortly prevail. *