LIGHTING-UP.
DELAY IS DANGEROUS. REGARD TO CIRCUMSTANCES. As the days shorten, there will be amongst motorists a tendency to' delay lighting up until the latest moment com pliable with the law, which is, itself, inadequate on this particular point.
In wooded country, or when the day is dark, side lights are needed long before the accepted "hour after sunset," not so much for the motorist to see as for him to be seen. Quite apart from the varying conditions of daylight at a given time several individual factors are to be considered. One man may fail to discern an approaching car when it is unlighted simply because he is not personally equipped with good sight, or it may be that the unlighted car is being followed by a brightly lighted one which da2zles him slightly in the treacherous half-light.
A motorist, should switch on the side lights as soon as he feels that any circumstances can possibly demand them. They consume a negligible amount of current, so that there is no virtuous economy in delaying switching them on.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1934, Page 16
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178LIGHTING-UP. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1934, Page 16
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