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Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1923, Page 2

SAFETY LAST. SYDNEY, March 21

The rather doubtful pastime of “flirting with death” appears to have claimed many devotees in Sydney, it is questionable it similar risks arc inclined by pedestrians and tram travellers in any other city in the world as are deliberately taken every day in the Sydney streets. The situation is one tliai demands some attention to the traflie laws. For one thing, it i- being persistently urged that measure should be taken to prevent foolhardy tram travellers Horn hoarding and leaving trams as they do. On this point, however. oflicialdom is in somewhat of a dilemma. It views, with marked disfavour the rash way in which patrons use the wrong side of the trams, hut is loth to interfere because of the prospect of disorganising tlie chief means of passenger traflie, the contention being that so much time would be lost that the time-tables could not be maintained. There is also a very urgent nec-d for revising the traflie laws relating to motor ’buses, the regulating of the speed of motor cars in the city : and ospeoiallly of taking action to safeguard pedestrians at the scores of danger points in the city and suburbs.