TRAFFIC CONTROL

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25551, 20 July 1948, Page 8

TRAFFIC CONTROL

Sir, —It is ridiculous for “Modern” to suggest bringing in outside advice on traffic control. Christchurch has more wheels a head of population than any other city in the world, so the problem must be tackled here. One-way traffic might be worth trying, but on the whole, the regulations are good. The administration, however, is a standing joke. Business men do not have to observe the parking restrictions, and cyclists can do what they like. Only yesterday I was checked by traffic lights at Hereford street, going north, when I was overtaken on the inside by several cyclists, including a traffic inspector in uniform! I could have run nim down, but for the danger to innocent bystanders. To show another case where the Traffic Department could have set an example, I enclose a photograph of an inspectors motor-cycle double parked Yours, etc., VARIAN J. WILSON July 15, 1948. [“At the bank corner there is a white line to the left of the roadway,” said an official of the traffic department of the Christchurch City Council. “Traffic wishing to continue south along Colombo street should maintain a position to the right of the line and traffic wishing to turn left along Hereford street or down High street should keep to the left of this line because the automatic signal light releases the High and Hereford streets traffic first. Consequently at this particular point the position as stated by' the correspopden is in order.”]