"ROAD SENSE."

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 140, 16 June 1930, Page 6

"ROAD SENSE."

> CYCLING A PREPARATION Fm> ; MOTORING. ' i '-.'■ (To the Editor.) "Experto Crcde" appears f n +v, : = the pedal cyclist is an ■ k idiot, incapable of riding even S safety during the long hours of daL ° Wn being experienced and a source of £SZl m to the motorists, who are - Dger Mind" by the glaring headlight proaelnng brother of the wheel His If aPabout glaring headlights is surely a fc"' on his own brethren, for have-not thUS"* Automobile Association been pealing to members to come alon„ 1 1 t, B ' l " their headlights adjusted free of cW may bo argued that all are not ,»«, f Jt the A.A.A.° All that I can Sy is fcf motorist who is not a member is sTiirV , ■ responsibilities, lacks a sense of in short, is a trespasser on the as S tr ' hospitality. Towards the end of fi I f °? S takes up rather a dictatorial attitude +i,! cyclists should, keep to the left-haSdSfc he road, ride in single file, etc., all of %iri [' tends to make one believe that the cS is the most foolish of road users imasnW Now for a few simple and acknowledgedfa>!" The cyclist possesses one of the most wX and undoubtedly the most silent means n transport on the roads of to-day. Further ffe cyclist has a sense of sound 'and sight 'iS* in most other respects is human in that u has the law of self-protection as any At night he does not even We look behind or seek the aid of a reflecting mirror to acquaint himself with the fact -tin? he is about to be overtaken. The traetabilitv of his_ cycle permits him to get out of & w J r as quickly as even a pedestrian. Prom m sonal experience of night cycling, I have-not had occasion to be unduly concerned for mv safety. A good and efficient red rear reflector (as required by law here) is sufficient or at the least, ought to be (it is in Emdandf to betray the presence of a cyclist to any overtaking motorist who is driving within ran<*e of his headlights. The trouble here is the majority of motorists have not acquired a preliminary "road sense" through the medium of the humble cycle. They take the wheel of a high-powered motor car without any previous knowledge of road conditions, speed and the usual courtesies. The finest type of motorist is he who was once an old-time cyclist. .WAYFARER,