TAIL LIGHTS ON BICYCLES

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29239, 24 June 1960, Page 21

TAIL LIGHTS ON BICYCLES

Higher Standard Urged

A tightening up of the traffic regulations on tail lights on cycles would help reduce the high ratio of cycle accidents at night, said the District Officer of the Transport Department (Mr D. L. Hogan) at a meeting of the Christchurch Metropolitan Road Safety Committee. Mr Hogan was presenting a report from a sub-committee investigating the causes of cycle accidents.

In Britain, a standard tail light that met specifications for luminosity and visibility had been made mandatory. The New Zealand regulations were difficult to enforce and at present were unsatisfactory in that the standard required for tail lights was not sufficiently high. Twenty-three per cent, of all cycle accidents occurred at night, which was too high a ratio for the number of cycles on the road at that time. Any measure that would decrease the number of accidents would be a help, he said.

The meeting agreed to consider the proposals and to make recommendations to the National Road Safety Council after the next committee meeting.