CYCLISTS AND BOROUGH BY-LAWS.
(To the Editor of the Times ) Sin, —I have been riding my bike for some years now, and have got a bit of blue paper, which I show to my friends, and intend to keep to show to my children. I rather think when that day comes the evidence of this bit of blue paper will be looked upon as a fact, that this is really an age of barbarism. A few jyears ago railways were looked upon as impossible nuisances; ten years hence bicycles and motor cars will be looked upon as necessities. At the present time the bicycle can only be looked upon as a possibility on a few of our roads and a few of our footpaths. I would suggest that in the interests of the travelling public, pedestrians, horsemen, and others, that the bicycle traffic should be regulated, and that in the less used roads one side of the street should be allowed to be used by cyclists where the roads are not good jenough for the purpose. Thanking you for inserting this.—l am, etc. A Wage Earner.
(To the Editor of the Times.) Sir, — I am glad to sec from the letters in your paper this morning that objection is being taken to the treatment of bicyclists as being worse than drunks. I am fortunate enough to possess a bicycle, which allows me to move towards town on many occasions when otherwise from the state of the roads I should have to stay at home. Why I should not be allowed to make use of the footpaths on my bicycle, when I should be using it for less time than if I were walking, and as I always get out of other people’s way, whether walking or riding, is a matter I cannot understand; and as a bicycle rider, I strongly object to cyclists who scorch along, either on the footpaths or the roads, ringing their bells and frightening people. When cyclists go along at a reasonable rate, I think they should have as much right as anyone else to the use of the footpath, and certainly as much as perambulators, go-carts, wheelbarrows, etc.—l am, etc., Traveller.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 227, 3 October 1901, Page 3
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