“KEEP TO THE LEFT.”

Evening Star, Issue 19614, 21 July 1927, Page 5

“KEEP TO THE LEFT.”

, TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —I consider that “pedestrian” is on the right track. It is, indeed, necessary to control the traffic on the footpath as well as the road. One has only to notice the congestion at the Wentworth corner, tine Strand, and Jacobs’s corner. People congregate at these places fight in the fairway, and so upset the traffic. If an inspector were appointed for a short time the public would soon be.educated.- —I am, etc., Keep tc the Leit. July 20, TO TEE EDITOR,' Sir,--I- quite agree with “ Pedestrian.” I have also quite recently returned from Australia, and travelled the whole of George and Pitt streets, Sydney, with their thousands of pedestrians almost without a single jostle; and tho Melbourne foot traffic 1 think is better, in that city you must not only keep to the left, hut you must cross the road at the corners at right angles. In our little lowu.it is anyhow or anywhere, and from that reason I was tho victim to a nasty accident at tho H.B. corner. When Melbourne started the “left” the offender was shouldered, if on the wrong side, with a polite request to walk on his proper side. It is ever.so much better tor all concerned to walk correctly, and also to cross the streets at the proper angles, then there will he more comfort and less accidents.—l am, etc., Orderly Walker. July 20.