RULES FOR PEDESTRIANS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 14 June 1924, Page 23

RULES FOR PEDESTRIANS

The following- rnfes for pedestrians are contained in ;i. booklet. "Eegctfations For Street Traffic,'* issned by the New Tort Commissioner of Police, hut applying- to any city :— ;IF caught in a jam of trauic-, stand fbiJl; that will give the driver a chance tv avoid you. i. Ba. sd'ort, Ire u-airtibus^ and be' wise ;■ ; tfriwein you'll find^that safety lies. ; Look up, t^kc notice where you go ; iiC xnai nee dau^i-, yau. sliauld go sjjm."

A look in time may save your spine. Educate yourself to cross at the cross walk. Precaution is- better than repentance. Cross at a cross-walk or a place wlierea policeman is on duty. Don't permit anything to obstruct your view in crossing a street. Don't lay all the blame on the motorist. You owe it to yourself to do everything in your power to meet him \ half-way. He, too, has his troubles. itua^-iiys a.c laienutU vwu^us. tootpaths and cross-walks for- pedestnans. Watch—look out—or you will be knocked out. ' When stepping from the kerb, look out and you will look right. rt s better to get wet than killed— don t let your umbrella obscure your vision; •> Don't try to beat an auto—wheels travel faster than legs. A- second saved for a life lost is a ' poor exchange.

With the exception of' the 12 miles be- ■ tween Tongaporutu and Awakino the i re Kuiti-Ncnv Plymouth road is - pass- ■ able for motor traffic.

Riding at probably the highest speed I ever recorded by a motor cyclist, C. F ■; lemple, on n. Montgomery-Anzani racing >; machine, beat a £50 h.p. car at Brook■j lands. With the wind behind him on '!* le lO n a^rht)" lie- travelled at more 1 than 120 miles an hour. The match was i between Temple and G. M. Le Cham- > pion, driving an Tsotta-Fraschtm. Tem--1 pie won by 100 yards at an average i speed of 98.62 miles an hour. In hV .second lap he averaged 103.2 miles an j hour.

. When driving on wet streets the i clutch should never be^ released except at i the- last moment to prevent the engine : from stalling. Always apply brakes- !•: gradually.

■j When making an improvised covering ■ for the gas tank filler pipe to take the* place of a lost cap, be sure to allow some; ' opening for air otherwise the vacuum! feed system will not operate.

:! There were 748,005' miles- of railroad •in the world-in 1920: Comparing thisi with highway motor vehicle facilities, some idea accounting for the motor ; truck's popularity may be gained;

"On race days and other occasfons. such as football matches and the likej a spirit of- emulation arises among; motorists that is a direct menace to thepublic," said ftlr. S. L. P. Free, S.Sl.,' ■ ■ in^ a motor-collision' case at Masterton! ■ "j. cannot express myself too- strongly on the subject," he added.

I _ The number of automobiles produced i in' the United States, which was only ; 4000 in 19C0,. jumped to 25,000 in 1905; ; 137,030 in 1910, nearly one million in1 1915, over 2,000,000 in 1920, 4,000,000 •. in 1923, and may approximate 5,000,000' :in 1924. The total wholesale value of' : the 20,000,000 machines turned out in> ! America since 1900 is about £4 000 - ;, 000,000. . ' .

• .Motorists through the Manawatu. Uorge have been causing a good deal of trouble through speeding. A workman recently received injuries to his handi . owing to a, motorist colliding with the' , barrow he was wheeling at the time.: ,'; -the- Manawatu Standard" states that' ■ the board lias decided to take action! against motorists guilty of speeding.

There1 is a hint to our own RailwayDepartment in what the German railways are doing, in Berlin. "About onei 1 year ago the use of. trucks by railroadst 1 in Berlin began, and to-day it can be< pronounced a thorough success," said; 1 Dr. Sommers, of Dresden, on a visit to> 'America. "Trucks are used to avoid; trap car service between freight stations' ', in various parts' of Berlin. Each in- I - j dividual truck unit consists of' a five-ton: ) motor- truck and two trailers, all close* ! like freight cars, operated and guardedi I by the truck corporation's men, who are under orders of the railway management and wear the railway uniform. The' truck corporation acts as joint carriers' ( with the railroad1 and receives a tariff proportionate to the prevailing railroad! ' tariff. Through this use of trucks abouti forty railroad cars are saved for longhaul purposes in Berlin alone.

, j The Pahiatua track is, comparatively i speaking, in exceptionally good renair at■|thQ present time, in spite of the" heavy | ram which fell last week (states- the' , j "Mariawatu Daily Times"). The surface1 ,i is certainly rough in places, and on the' ; Pahiatua side numerous patches of sharo* I broken rock have been spread: at awk- . j ward' corners, but the" track generally' j provides an interesting run for' ' thei motorist. The view of Palmerstom , j Aorta, which can be obtained from a, ! point near the summit of the ranges isl ,! magnificent.