LEVEL CROSSINGS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 187, 6 February 1914, Page 5

LEVEL CROSSINGS.

MEW REGULATIONS. '■ By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The new regulations regulating the use of level railway crossings by vehicles, etc., are published in the Gazette to-night, and come into force immediately. The following is a sfhcdule of the by-laws: 1. No person shall drive or attempt to drive any vehicle other than a motor vehicle, or any animal on any part of a public road where the same crosses over or upon a railway on the same level otherwise than at a walking pace, and every person shall, before crossing the, lines of rail, comply with the directions upon the notice boards, "Stop!Look out for the engine." 2. No person in charge of a motor vehicle or driving a motor vehicle on or along any road or jtreet shall approach a railway level crossing within one hundred yards of such crossing without slackening speed to a rate not exceeding ten miles an hour, and every person in charge of, or driving, a motor vehicle shall stop before coming in contact with tthe railway line, and shall I keep a vigilant look-out for approachI ing trains, and shall not attempt to cross the railway line unless the line is clear. .'l. No person in charge cf a motor vehicle or driving a motor vehicle on or along any road or street shall ero?s over any railway level crossing at a greater speed than ten miles an hour. The penalty for breaches is a fine not exceeding £lO, or, in the case of a breach by a person employed on or about a railway, £1 for each offence.