CYCLING TWO ABREAST
Dutch Immigrant’s
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An invitation by Mr H. E. Radley for a Dutch settler in New Zealand to comment on his suggestions that cycling two abreast in Christchurch might have to be forbidden because of traffic problems, and that enforcement of this would not be as difficult as imagined because there was enforcement in Holland where only cycling on single-file was allowed by law, has been accepted by a Dutch immigrant in Christchurch. .
Signing himself “A Regular Reader of ‘The Press'.” he says that comparisons are difficult, because in Holland there are more than six million cycles, and cyclists dominate the road traffic. Local authorities control traffic, and he has heard of towns where cycling more than two abreast is forbidden, but never where cycling two abreast is forbidden.
Riding single-file is common, he said, but usually this is because this is the only practicable way to use the narrow cycle paths common in Dutch towns. The cycle paths are on each side of the road, and cyclists are not allowed to use the middle of the road.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29907, 22 August 1962, Page 5
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181CYCLING TWO ABREAST Press, Volume CI, Issue 29907, 22 August 1962, Page 5
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