ROAD SAFETY
A WORD TO CYCLISTS
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION'S MESSAGE
"Two important ways in which cyclists can co-operate with other traffic, particularly motor traffic, to a more beneficial extent, concern riding more than two abreast, and riding, .as a habit, further out into the carriageway than is necessary," says the latest road safety message of the Automobile Association, Canterbury, Inc.
"In one instance, of course, the cyclist who does not keep as near as practicable to the left is breaking an elementary, commonsense, rule of road usage. He is taking up more of the road surface than is necessary for his safe advancement, he is impeding following traffic, and, particularly at night-time, he is courting trouble from such following vehicles. This risk is very real if following vehicles have insufficient lighting equipment, and the possibility of any carelessness in that direction by other vehicle drivers should deter the cyclist from leaving anything to chance, as it is wiser to guarantee one's own safety by the exercise of the fullest caution. Do not rely slavishly on the competence of the other fellow. Comply with the rules and laws of safe conduct as they apply to you in .relation to anything else on the roads. In other words do not look for trouble, and always keep your mind alert and interested in your own welfare. Avoid preoccupation and the tendency to day-dream in traffic.
, "Then there are those cyclists who seem to overlook the prohibition on the practice "of riding more than two abreast. The reasons for this prohibition are quite obvious. Cyclists are monopolising the road space .to such an extent that following traffic is forced over the centre-line of road in order to get past. It is wrong and unreasonable for, say, two or more cyclists to occupy half the roadway. Our .roads are not built of sufficient width to permit if this form of selfishness with all the risks attending it. Place your own safety first by riding safely at all times in relation to other traffic on the roads."
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LXII, Issue 20, 14 March 1941, Page 3
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340ROAD SAFETY Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LXII, Issue 20, 14 March 1941, Page 3
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