CARELESS WALKERS
Wellington Motorist’s
Complaint,
Motorists and taxi-drivers are complaining about the increased carelessness shown by pedestrians since the number of cars on the road lias decreased and the dimmed lighting on the streets has come into force. “With the large number of servicemen wearing dull coloured uniforms on the streets it is now a severe test of nerves to drive in Wellington,” said one motorist yesterday. "It is not an uncommon sight to see an overseas serviceman calmly indulging in the practice of "jay-walking” on the main streets of Wellington at night, and if the road surface is wet it is very hard to distinguic'h pedestrians.” He suggested that all pedestrians should be compelled to wear a lightcoloured ar/nband at night to aid drivers of vehicles, or at least the khaki uniform of the army should be relieved by a white belt. In the seven months between-Janu-ary 1 and July 31, 1942, 1410 people were killed or injured throughout the Dominion in motor accidents.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 28, 28 October 1942, Page 4
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165CARELESS WALKERS Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 28, 28 October 1942, Page 4
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