CORRESPONDENCE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1938, Page 8

CORRESPONDENCE

ROAD MANNERS

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —May I protest against the lack of consideration shown to motorcyclists by car drivers? I write as a middle-aged rider who uses a motorcycle as a cheap means of conveyance to and from the office, and I hold no brief for the lads who ride to show off and are responsible for the poor reputation of motor-cyclists as a class. " I am in the habit of parking my machine in a small street and every day I find cars drawn up outside it, close to and often touching it. I then have to heave 2cwt up the kerb on to the pavement and wheel it to an intersection. No doubt the owners of these cars would be the first to complain if a lorry or a steam roller parked outside them. The same lack of consideration is shown on the road. Motorists appear to think a motor-cycle has neither length, breadth, nor substance and one must be prepared to be cut in upon from every angle. Incidentally, this is particularly noticeable in owners of flashy cars. To show lam not unduly biased I may add that I have a car and have driven and ridden for 20 years in several countries. New Zealand may be near the top in motorisation— it is certainly supreme in bad road manners. —I am, etc.,

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