BENCH AND REGULATIONS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 18

BENCH AND REGULATIONS

lit accordance witli u.tpectation—and t]ie;'inovitable—the Motor Regulations arei not proving as the laws of the Medes and Persians. They are craßh-ing-'in the courts. Even at this early stage several instances of the impossibility of applying certain ones in all circumstances have come before the Magistrates, who have ruled in the motorists' favour. There is still another that is bound to crash. This forbids anyi part of a motor vehicle or its lead to be on or over any footpath except in the case of authorised stands. There area number of streets iv Wellington •where it is impossible to observe this stricture without blocking the tramHnca. This applies not merely to lorries; but to many of the larger touring

and saloon cars. "Autos" recently observed: a case in which a tram actually rapped':the end;.of'a>number-plate.; The tram-driver was!;ti;.ying;to pull up. before;..reaching... tliepiiisi, but was uns: able to,' do sojf'tie VBsjjped 'alongside. Thero^was less than ai^inch of clearance between'I'the trafijj^and the wings of th.c.'car, and it woulaJliaVetbeen only possible to :i pufe "oAe^'-Engers-'between the tram steps and tho running board. As matters stood, it was lucky that serious mischief was not done, as tho ijram was on a down grade. Tlio'practice Qfs;talqttg.V.-b'iie's wliccls close;;iii':'to the kerb^jas formerly observed, as, not merely .iw;i"se bij'tJ.essonUal where .such limited /clearance-,.'exists. •■ is- wx '■«"■.-