ROAD ACCIDENTS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22335, 24 February 1938, Page 7

ROAD ACCIDENTS

TO IHB EDITOR Of I'HB PBEfIS. Sii%— May I eticrddch on ybur space to point out to your the main advantage (ds I see it) of the “off-side” rule at intersections? A driver has a better and fuller range of vision on his right hand side (especially if He is driVirtg d tdutei- vMh side cUrtains). HP rhust. accotdittg tp the Traffic Regulations, 1938 (Reg. 14 1 “keep his Vehicle as close as is practicable to his left of the roadway. Consequently he can see traffic Approaching from an intersection on his right mhch sootier thdri frOrh one on his left. YOUr cortesponderit trientldns his (or Other di-ivefS’l inability to stop before entering art intersection or encroaching upon a pedestrian crossing; This indicates bad driving. A good driver would approach a city intersection dt ho more than 15 miles an hour. After entering the intersection with a .clear 1-oad ahead, the fcdr is accelfei-ated dhd thus no time is lost and other traffic is not unduly delayed. In the case of a very bad intersection, the speed should be reduced Id 10 miles art hour. The average braking distance of a car travelling at 15 rrtiles an hour is 15 feet and the time taken to bring the car to a slqp is approximately three-quarters of a second. At 10 miles an hour the car edrt b£ brbhght to a dead stop in sdV"n feet irt hdlf d second. Like “25” I also have been driving for §5 years, and for the last 19 years rtavh been oh the road all day arid cverty day atid have driven in every city. borough, town district, and county in Mew Zealand.—Yoprs, etc.. S. SHAW. February 23. 1938.