MOTOR TRAFFIC REGULATION.

Evening Star, Issue 21822, 11 September 1934, Page 12

MOTOR TRAFFIC REGULATION.

TO Tim EDITOR. Sir, —What would our city bo like without our traffic inspectors P At one time the great majority of motor car drivers were courteous and careful, not only to their fellow drivers, but also to pedestrians. To-day it is scarcely safe to venture out on our streets, and were it not for the vigilance of our inspectors the already rapidl}* rising list of fatalities would reach alarming proportions. Kadi year sees a crop of new model cars with increased horse power and speed—speed much in excess of the average motorist’s requirements, and certainly out of all proportion to the roads, which are fast deteriorating. Yet is proposed to purchase a motor cycle for the use of our inspectors. Why a motor cycle? Why not a good fast enclosed car, which would enable them more efficiently to carry out their very arduous duties? Are they not entitled to the protection of a car when one considers our very changeful climate? There seems to bo plenty of money to purchase cars for other, and, to my mind, less important departments. Why not for this most necessary of all? 'The past action of handing over a wornout baby car to the inspectors was a positive insult, and now we are shocked by the latest proposal. .1. know I am expressing the sentiments of hundreds of sensible motorists. Is it not possible oven yet for tho public to demand that it bo a car?—l am. etc.. A.C. September 11.