CROSSING OF STREETS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 175, 21 April 1937, Page 13

CROSSING OF STREETS

Advice to Pedestrians TRAFFIC CASES IN COURT “Pedestrians when crossing a roadway where there is no specified crossing laid out, should cross at rightangles to the kerb. This is a most important rule in the city and elsewhere, and in my opinion had this been adhered to the accident would not have occurred.” said Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, yesterday, before dismissing charges of dangerous driving, and driving without due care and attention against John Richard Marshall. The case was the outcome of a collision on February 26 in Riddiford Street, between defendant’s lorry and John M. Jenkins, who was knocked down but not seriously hurt. Exceeded 30 m.p.h. For exceeding the speed limit of 30 m.p.h. through the borough of Upper Hutt, Wilbur Charles Young, Henry William Carrick and Charles Lowe were each convicted and fined £l/10/and costs 10/Driving through the Lower Hutt borough over the speed limit, June Brody was fined a similar sum. “Pirate” Carrier. “He is looked upon by the trade as a pirate,” remarked Traffic-Inspector A. C. Crawford, who conducted the prosecution against Raymond Hodson, lorry driver, who pleaded guilty to having no heavy traffic or goods carrying licences. He was convicted and fined 10/- and costs 10/ ■ on the first charge and £2 and costs 12/- on the second. The Highways Transport Company, for exceeding the licensed load on a motor-lorry, was convicted and fined £3, and costs 10/-.