RIGHT HAND RULE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 266, 9 November 1944, Page 6

RIGHT HAND RULE

OFTEN NOT OBSERVED

"LAW IS VERY SIMPLE"

In an interview to-day, the Commissioner of" Transport, Mr. G. L. Laurenson, commented upon the apparent lack of public understanding of the right-hand , rule at intersections. "From personal observations," said the Commissioner, "as well as from reports coming in from departmental officers, it is evident that the rules requiring traffic to give way at intersections are very frequently being disregarded. This has been noticed particularly in the cities, where the frequency of intersections and the volume of traffic result in numerous encounters between vehicles at an intersection. Many of these encounters are narrow escapes from collisions. "The result of failure to apply the rules is confusion, with attendant risk of accident," continued Mr. Laurenson. "The rules, which are in reality very simple, can be stated briefly as:— "1. Give way to a vehicle on your right. "2. If you are turning to the right, give way to all other traffic. "The driver or cyclist who consistently applies these rules, remembering that the intersection is a potential point of conflict of traffic, will find that he makes his crossing both safely and speedily," he added.