THE CARELESS PEDESTRIAN.
TO THE EDITOE. . Sir, —It is high time something was done to force the public to recognise the traffic laws. To-day, at 2 p.m., I had occasion to drive through Princes street and George street to Manse street and back again to Knox Church. As far as the .pedestrian was concerned rafferty rules prevailed. No notice was taken of the white lines at which motor vehicles are being trained to stop. The public just crossed ■ anywhere, in an unthinking and careless manner, courting disaster and possibly death. I spoke to one pedestrian and only received an unpolite retort for my trouble. The local papers have stressed the matter for weeks now, but still the pedestrian takes no notice. Why not place an inspector in the centre of each block in the busy thoroughfares to inform the public that they must recognise the new traffic laws? It is much better to have order and method, as far as pedestrian traffic is concerned, than the chaos which at present exists. No wonder visitors from other parts say that Dunedin street control is the dizzy limit.—l am, etc., • Auto. February 24.
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Evening Star, Issue 22891, 24 February 1938, Page 16
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