CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 262, 6 November 1939, Page 6

CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS.

PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.

(To the Editor.}

Are the pedestrian crossings which are eo nicely painted across the roadways intended to lull pedestrians into a false sense of security or aro they really intended to give the pedestriaM a sporting chance to cross from one &id e of the road to the other with a reasonable chance of escaping from irresponsible, incompetent and inconsiderate? motorists? This query is prompted bv one of many incidents which I have witnessed at the Remuera post office $'■ crossing. The incident was witnessed ■by a large number of people standing nearby last Saturday evening. It co n . cerned a lady and a dog who were using the crossing mentioned at about 8.30 p.m. The lady barely escaped without v" injury, but the dog, which was only foor - feet behind her, was run over by a .'' motorist who wa« travelling at about 40 miles per hour, and accelerated immediately he had claimed his victim, It occurs to me that it would be -well' '■ if traffic inspectors were placed at this i-' and similar spots with notebooks; they j s; would l>e a/ble to tick off sufficient of these speed artists in a week, and with , the assistance of a magistrate colle«t sufficient revenue to pay their salaried and at the same time afford just a little'sprotection to pedestrians. . * ONLOOKER.