NO TWO ALIKE

NZ Truth, Issue 1178, 28 June 1928, Page 15

NO TWO ALIKE

Confusing Signals There is a lamentable lack of uniformity m giving signals. QNE officer will throw the thumb 1~/l ~ / over the right shoulder to indicate to a driver that he is to pass along, and another will wave his hand. The stop signal is performed m a variety of ways, ranging from an outstretched palm held near the head to the arm held at full length. The consequence of the many diferent ways of signalling is that unless the man on traffic duty is m a good light the signal is easily mistaken, and indeed Is mistaken frequently by nearly every driver. At night time it is occasionally quite impossible to discern what signal is being" given. . In the majority of instances the men on traffic duty are reasonable souls who recognize that the • average motorist is quite willing to obey a signal if he can see it, but there are some who are not so tolerantt