PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
MORE PROMINENT SIGNS. In compliance with the new traffic signs regulations, 1037, the Palmerstmi North City Council is at present ( , n „ a „ed in laying down on road surlaces"the new pedestrian crossing signs. They are of a more arresting type than the' former signs, as between the two broad white lines indicating the crossing there are numerous other lines.. the object being to ensure that the safety zone for pedestrians captures the eve of the motorist. The Transport Department lias requested that immed’ate steps be taken to enforce more stringently the law concerning pedestrian crossings and this the city traffic officers intend to
The task of painting the new crossings is, of necessity, t» ng carried out in the early hours of the morning, when traffic is at a minimum.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 181, 2 July 1937, Page 7
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132PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 181, 2 July 1937, Page 7
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