TEST CASE
CYCLISTS ON BITUMEN
Under the new traffic regulations, cyclists must keep as close as practicable: to the left "of the road, and this means that where the macadam-is. put for riding they must keep off the bitumen. , ■ \ :■ ... Described by Sergeant J. W. McHolm as a test case, a charge of failing to keep his bicycle as close as practicable .to the'left of the roadway -was made against Richard Gustav Urbahn in the Lower Hutt Court today. He pleaded not guilty.
A statement was read in which the defendant admitted riding his bicycle two feet from the left edge of the bitumen. He was overtaken by a car and struck. ' ■ .
Constable R. Griffith1 ■ gave "evidence that the macadam at that part of, the road was fit for a cyclist to use.
The defendant submitted that the macadam was not fit for use and he had difficulty in seeing on it at night.
The Magistrate (Mr. H. P. Lawry, 5.M.,),- remarked that the regulations were framed for the protection ck cyclists. As this ■ was a test case 'it would be sufficient if the defendant was convicted and discharged.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 130, 3 June 1937, Page 11
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188TEST CASE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 130, 3 June 1937, Page 11
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