STOP! LOOK OUT FOR THE ENGINE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 83, 9 April 1929, Page 16

STOP!

LOOK OUT FOR THE ENGINE.

NEW SIGNS FOR MOTORISTS. RAILWAY DEPARTMEN TS SCHEME. When the Railways- Amendment Act, 1028, conies into force on June J. all sign* erected at road crossings over railway linos will be standardised. Several new signs will be introduced, and all will be made more prominent, particularly 'those for crossings which arc considered dangerous. Two of th" signs will be erected by local bodies and the others by the Railway Department. The ordinary "Railway Crossing" sign in 10-inch letters will be put up .'>oo or •5.">0 yards away from the crossing. Another will be erected for railways on sio'e roads where the crossing is less than >00 yards from the main road. Tt will be of the same design as the firstmentioned. but will have a smaller notice below. "On Side Road." A hexagon-shaped sign, coloured a bright yellow witli black letters "Compulsory Stop." will lie erected at all level crossings where traffic is required to stop.

The ordinary. "Stop, Look Out for the Engine" sign is to lie altered to read. | "Railway, Look Out for the Engine." The yellow compulsory stop sign will be put up from 20 to 50 feet away from crossings where automatic alarms are not installed, but where it is considered desirable to stop road traffic to •make sure that everything is clear before the rails are crossed. Section 0 of the Railways Amendment Act, 102S, reads as follows: — (1) Every person driving a motor vehicle on any road or street shall, when approaching a railway crossing, reduce speed when within 100 yards of the crossing to a rate not exceeding 15 m.p.h. and shall not increase speed until after he -l as crossed the railway. It shall be his duty to keep a vigilant lookout, for approaching trains and he sliafl not attempt to cross until the line is clear. (2) Tf at any such crossing there is a. "compulsory" stop -sign erected in accordance with the regulations under the Motor Vehicles Act. 1024. or by the railway authorities, it shall he the duty of tire person drivbig any motor vehicle to stop at such signs for such time as may be necessary to make adequate observations to ascertain whether or not the line is clear. (.1) Every person who fails 1o comp!v with the requirements of this section of the Act, or who crosses, or attempts to cross, anv railway fine wlvle the same j is not. clear, commits an offenf-e and is liable to a fine of .€lO. I