SIGN POSTING OF ROADS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 18

SIGN POSTING OF ROADS

INTERNATIONAL ASPECT It is quite- on the books that the road sign 3 adopted by' New Zealand in. the Motor Regulations' may prove not to bo the last word on the subject, but may, at,some future date., undergo considerable modification. Like the United States and various other countries, Now Zealand has aimed at achieving uniformity within her own boundaries, but there- is a broader standpoint than this—the international, or wojld one. It is not likely that a New Zealand motorist will often take a car from this country to tour elsewhere, but it is fairly common for him to procure a. car while overseas- and

use it there. It is also not unknown for oversea motorists to bring their ears <to New Zealand. America and Europe are full of people who motor outside the confines of their own countries, and the number grows every year. It is not too much to say that the car-is rapidly breaking dowii all international boundaries, and seems destined, to prove itself among the greatest civilising agents that the world hus known. The case for uniformity iir road signs and signals throughout the world, therefore; is a very strong- one, so strong that the League of Nations Transit Organisation has taken it up seriously with a view to achieving the desired end. The diagrams reproduced with this note are ;from a publication by the League on road signalling.