Square Pedestrian Crossings
Sir,—Crossing Cathedral square on foot ig becoming daily more hazardous. Recently, extended white lines were painted on the pedestrian crossings and some drivers see this as a halfway mark for walkers and swerve to cross the half not being used. This means that anyone on the crossing finds traffic going both behind and in front of them. Would it not be possible to have some definition of pedestrians' “rights” on these crossings? —Yours, etc., J. January 29, 1963. [The traffic superintendent for the Christchurch City Council (Mr J. F. Thomas) said: “The pedestrian crossings which were originally placed in Cathedral square became obsolete in January of this year, and the placing of the centre line on such crossings now brings them into conformity with the pedestrian crossing requirements. The duties of a motorist approaching these crossings is now as follows: ‘Every driver when approaching a pedestrian crossing shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian who is crossing the roadway upon the half of the crossing over which his vehicle is about to travel’.”]
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30051, 8 February 1963, Page 3
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