RIGHT TO THE ROAD
An English judge recently ruled that a pedestrian was not entitled to use the roadway except with due care, and damages were given against a "jaywalker ' ' who had caused an accident. In France the law allows the driver the supreme right of the road, and it is almost impossible to obtain damages against a driver who has obeyed the letter of the law. This allows him to go as fast as he likes and insists only on due observance of traffic control signals. An Australian writer says: "Legislation on traffic in this continent is needed and until the law once and for all settles the status of pedestrian and motorist we shall continue to get hysterical outbursts against the motorist. i These are chiefly the outcome of a failure to realise .the difficulties he drives under.''
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3257, 25 September 1928, Page 2
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