CALL FOR ACTION

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 18

CALL FOR ACTION

The following resolutions were carried by Marlborough Automobile Association last week: (l)' That the attention of ' the Blenheim Borough Council be drawn to the fact that many red rear reflectors affixed to bicycles are quite useless,at night time owing to their being set at an incorrect angle; that many cyclists ride after dark without lighted lamps, and that the progress of motor vehicles through the, business section of Blenheim on Friday nights is' considerably impeded by the refusal of pedestrians on the streets to give .them reasonable right of way; and that the council be requested to instruct its traffic inspector to enforce obedience to the law in these matters. (2) That the Marlborough and Awatere County Councils be informed that many complaints haye^been received by this association of thq failure of .cyclists and drivers of horse-drawii vehicles to display lights on country roads after dark, to the danger of themselves and. of. motor traffic; and that the,councils-bo requested to take steps to compel all cycles and horse vehicles to carry lights at night. Judging from the nature of the comment that accompanied the resolutions, Marlborough is inflicted with a '' happy-go-lucky" kind of populace, recking little of its own safety or that of others, and it is high time that steps wl?re taken for a stringent application, of'the traffic regulations.