RIGHT-HAND RULE
Sir, —In former times there was no right-hand rule, but there were fewer cars on the road then, and the drivers were more careful. One had to guess in a flash what the other driver intended to do, and then act accordingly. When the right-hand rule did come in it must have saved hundreds of lives. Nothing could have been more simple; but now, in its amended form, complications are bound to arise with many excuses for breaking it. The man on the left approaching the intersection at 50 miles an hour is suposed to see the signal of the man turning right and the latter is left to guess where to stop: on arrival at the intersection, or right across the street so that he can be passed on his right-hand side, or somewhere in I notice that the Nelson Automobile Association is giving it up in despair, and has voted to adopt the left-hand rule. —Yours, etc., February 18, 1949.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25734, 21 February 1949, Page 2
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