PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
-Prisi aeiacistlbD.)
Motorists Say Markings Are Not Distinct Enough BETTER METHOD NEEDED
(By Telflgraph-
INVERCARGILL, Last Night. The opinion that the present method of marking pedcstrian crossings was unsatisfactory was expressed at the quarterly meeting of the South Island Motor TJnion to-day, the following remit from the Automobile Association (Qtago) being carried: "That the attention of the TranSporfc Department be drawn to the unsatisfactory method adopted in marking pedesrian crossings. This conference is of opinion that some system of xnarkiug these crossings should be undertaken which will provide a more distinetive,. permanent and uniform warning to motorists when approaching them." In moving the adoption of the remit, Mr. A. E. Ansell (Otago) refetred to a case which had come before the British Court of Appeal in which it was held that there could be no eontributory negligence on the part bf a pedestrian on a pedestrian crossing when involved in a motor accident. "Do these crossings give sufficient warning to a motorist? I am sure they do not," he stated. Ho suggested that something similar to tho Belisha beacon be introduced so that motorists should have a reasonable opportunity of knowing where the crossings were, They could in this way assist the Minister in his safety campaign. Mr. R. Wilson (South Canterbury) said that painted lines would not last 0n tar surfaces. Every country was having the same trouble. It was difficult to suggest anything feasible which had not already been tried. The only thing which had given any measure of success was the "stop-go" light for both pedestrians and motorists. The regulations had been in use in New Zealand only a. short time but they had redueed the number of accidents to pedestrians. As far as he could see, most of the crossing were in the wrong places. A sub-committee was appointed to discuss proposed improvements for pedestrian crossings which could be forwarded to the Minister,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 61, 4 December 1937, Page 9
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