"COULD DO MORE"

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 148, 26 June 1939, Page 8

"COULD DO MORE"

POLICE CHARGED.

EDUCATING PEDESTRIANS.

LIGHTS AND CROSSINGS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, this dav.

Lack of co-operation by the police in the education of pedestrians was alleged by delegates at the quarterly meeting of the South Island Motor Union this morning, criticism arising from a remit by the Otago association regarding pedestrian crossings. ''Xew Zealand must be the only country in the world where the police do nothing to educate traffic." said Mr. B. Wilson (South Canterbury). The danger to both motorists and caused by the ate and unsatisfactory"' method eating pedestrian crossings \va... . ject of the remit.

Mr. A. E. Ansell said that through the present system of marking crossing many motorists were upon a crossing almost before they had seen it, and the fact that pedestrians were not vet educated to their use made ruattem worse. Hi* association's remit suggested that a zone should be created 30 fi»et from a crossing and when a motorist was within thus zone the pedestrian should not cross in front of that car.

"I think the police ccmkl do much more in this matter," said Mr. J. g. Hawkre (Canterbury). "I have often watched the police let pedestrians go against traffic lights without doing anything to educate them, and have even seen them cross against pedestrian lights themselves," he said. A great opportunity to help pedestrians was given the police .on beat duty, said Mr. Hawkej. They seemed to have nothing to do bnt stand at corner* and could easily explain lights to pedestrians, especially womeß, who seemed to be the worst offenders. The Otago remit regarding the creation of neutral zones approaching crossing! was adopted and will be gent to the Commissioner of Transport.