CYCLISTS & PEDESTRIANS
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More Rigid Enforcement of Regulations
(B? Telegraph-
f WELLINGTON, Last Night. . I Arrangements for a more rigid on- | forcement of traffic regulations dealing : With pedestrians and cyclists were an- ■ nounced to-night by Hon.' H. G. R. ■ Mason, acting for the Minister of Txansport. The police will . ih future cooperate with the traffic authofities by actively controlling their conduct, and for the present action will be directed to educating them in the obaervance of the regulations. "Road accident statistics," said Mr. Mason, "show tliat during thr.ee and ahalf months ended June 30 no fewer than 460 pedestrians and push-cyclists were involved in aceidents with motor vehicles. Twenty-i'our were killed, 63 seriously injured, and 373 suffered minor injuries. "The returns also show that in 92 of these cases the pedestrians wero guilty of breaches of the' regulations • and in 138 cases cyclists committ'ed breaches."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 170, 5 August 1937, Page 3
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