Left turn on red light?

Press, 26 June 1978, Page 13

Left turn on red light?

Christchurch motorists may soon be able to make a left

turn on a red light as part of an experiment to determine whether the practice, which is common in North America, is applicable to New Zealand. The Automobile Association (Canterbury) has been told that the Christchurch City Council’s chief traffic engineer (Mr M. L. Gadd) has offered to conduct an experiment in Christchurch to test the success of allowing left turns on the red signal.

Mr Gadd told the associatition’s general manager (Mr t|E. S. Paliiser) that he had Jin mind the roads approach- ; ing one-way streets. ; In that case a right turn ''on red might also be applic’;able, Mr Gadd said. The association will also ? undertake an ambitious membership drive in the hope of I attracting 6000 new mem--1 bers. | The drive will be underI taken as part of the associ-l ation’s seventy-fifth annivers-j •lary. Details have yet to be! ■! completed but council mem-; 1 bers envisage a considerable] '] expenditure on radio and : i newspaper advertising, and I the provision of prizes as an; I incentive for present mem-l ibers to help enrol new mem- ' bers.