COMPLAINT AGAINST MOTORISTS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 260, 3 August 1928, Page 13

COMPLAINT AGAINST MOTORISTS

Sir, —I Avould like to draw attention ( through your columns to a practice . among motorists in the city, which, to j say the least, appears to me to be dan- , gerous. 1 am referring to the practice ( of opening the doors of standing cars on a the off-side —that is the side nearest the b roadway. < Not being a motorist. I do not , knoAA’ Avhether this is provided for in the . neAV regulations, but if not, then it ought , to be. . . t

I ride a bicycle as a rule, and tAvice in the last Aveek I avoided an accident by inches, Avhen careless motorists opened doors in my face. In a croAvded street, like Willis Street, Avith little enough room betAvcen the sideAvnlk and the tram tracks, it is impossible to give standing ears the necessary clearance to avoid this sort of tiling without interfering Avith the following I rallie. I Avould very much like Io know, it an accident did occur through Illis, who Avould be held responsible.—l am, etc., CYCLIST. Wellington, July 31.