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Evening Star, Issue 14532, 7 December 1910, Page 1

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christchurchlH^^^^H I .Somo questions regarding ft.trr.et traffic, especially with. motor cans and bicycles, wero ! last, evening by the Committee o£ terbury Automobile Associirtion. W. Johnston, hoi), solicitor of the Associa* lion, snbmiUed an opinion on matters cf which h'! had been consulted. He had no JiecitiilioiL in saying that the trasnway poles .-Joitg l lit; '.-cutre of sheets did not ju.-lify <ydisis treating the >• 1;■«.;■; as two &treeis, and there wat no d/iibt that cyclists, in riding in th?. cent re on ;i stiee; divided in that wav. committed a b>e:ch of the, tulc 01 the road. ••What I s.hotdd like to have decided," he couth;;.'..J, "is the, liability on the part of those in cha'ge of a slower vehicle and bicycle.* to move, as far as practicable, to tlie tic;'.!- side of the load \riien a faster-driven vehicle is passing, so a;; not lo compel the pacing vehicle to he driven to the oif side of the road in order to pa;-.';. 'J his is .-•pcctaliy provided for in. the case, of a vehicle p.i'>- , {'(-diner at a pace, but. J am of opinion that, the general provisions o£ She by-laws and the Police Offence* Act aie difiicient to warrant a prosecution in other cases alto. In the event of a prosecution failing, r.lcp.s should be taken to have the by-laws amended so as to make it, clear that all vehicles, whether proceeding at a calkin.,' pace or not, when being passed by another going in ihe same direction, nwt keep ,-•> jar as practicable and convenient to the extreme near side of the road. This would obviate tiie present and dangerou* piactiie. ind'ik'ed in by cyclists and other?. in which motor cars, in passing a bicycle or a. vehicle, are invai iably forced to cross <iver to the off side of the street against the dream of traffic in the opposite direction in order to pas." the slow vehicle, or bicycle, which may not be actually travelling at a walking pace." After some discussion if. was decided that the A-sociation (should approach the C'-hrii"-eliiiivl- ("it v t'ouneil wiih a view to seLTir- ■ ..; . :.■ -'c'•• .-;<' d ;i:e( :;u!i)cnts.