OFFSIDE WALKING.
I wish to express strong dW=a greenient with ''.T.C.V article. "Walk OffsideV" Dealing with the matter of \valkirt£ on roads where there are no fo«tpath<*. he finds fault with two Wanganni juries for stating- that pedestrians should walk on the right-hand t'ide, so a<= to face oncoming traffic. 1 wW=h to point out that the juries were quite correct in their opinions, as clause 0 of the Road j Code rnn« as follows: '"Where do footpath is available, keep to the edge of the roadway, and. if you have a reasonably clear viewahead. keep to your right of the roadway.' j Xumhers of people have Seen killed in New J Zealand, especially at nieht. when « alkin? . on the left-hand pide of the road. but I <~* n recall. 110 fatality to am- pedestrian wa Iking on the right-hand side. To walk on the left of the roadway is 1 v looking for trouble. i ' w. w. f.i*;erley. i
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 6
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