PARKING CARS IN MAIN STREET

Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 2, 12 April 1927, Page 4

PARKING CARS IN MAIN STREET

Sir,—Will you grant me space in the well-filled columns of your excellent little paper—which I hope will soon grow—to reply briefly to the grossly exaggerated remarks by "Main Street." I, for one, would absolutely refuse to park my car in either of the dark corners set aside by the "city fathers" for parking purposes. We all know what risk this entails for car owners. It would not be so bad if someone would undertake to guard the cars in our absence for a moderate fee. (Quite a good job for some disabled man.) When my wife or I leave the car to make our purchases, we naturally like to be relieved of our parcels, and so deposit them in the car standing in the street, where they are comparatively safe. "Main Street" tries the pathetic touch when he pictures the old lady negotiating the busy street, having to look "both ways." This is about the weakest argument that could be put up for the long-suffering pedestrian. If people would only realise that it is their duty to look "both ways" before crossing a street, there would be fewer cases for the coroner.—l am, etc.,

INDIGNANT.