TAINUI ST. CROSSING
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION'S DISCUSSION. Saying that he thought the lamp flashes were too dark and thus did. not reflect enough light, the President of the Grey Branch of the Automobile Association (Mr. P. C. Heaphy)>, brought up, at last evening’s meeting of the branch, the question of the efficiency of the warning signals at the Tainui Street railway crossing. He said that besides, an accident last week, he had had several complaints about the adequacy of the red light signal. He mentioned that the Railway Department had effected alterations recently, but said that in bright sunshine they were not sufficiently arresting They were the only ones he knew of that were on the rrtht side of the road, which was the wrong side for such signals. The Railway Department had erected them on that side, he said, to give better road visibility. ,In reply to Mr. Harker, Mr. Heaphy said that the bells had been removed because there were no spare parts for them. c Mr. Harker suggested a bell be shifted from the Herbert Street crossing. Dr. McKay said, that the signals were not arresting enough. He “had not exactly taken, a Gallup poll,” but had spoken to many cyclists and motorists and it seemed that the signal left doubts in their minds as to whether the track was really clear or not. He suggested a wig-wag and/or some sound device. ■ Mr. Harley said that the wig-wag, a very old type, had broken down, and. had been removed Dr. "McKay said that the, various warning devices had been, firstly, a wig-wag, then a wig-wag and bell and now red lights. The break in the continuity of good signalling had come when the lights were installed. Captain Whitmore suggested that, seeing the crossing was wide, would not the installation of a silent policeman in a zone in the centre of the road fill the bill The President thought the crossing was not wide enough to justify u safety zone. The signals wero satisfactory at night, he said, but for visibility in daylight, lights should be placed on both sides of the road. Mr. Harker said that, if practicable, Neon lights, being very bright, would be eminently suitable. However, Mr. Fogarty moved that the President and Secretary confer with the Signalling Branch of the Railway Department in order that a more suitable arrangement be made and this was seconded and carried.
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Grey River Argus, 20 October 1943, Page 4
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402TAINUI ST. CROSSING Grey River Argus, 20 October 1943, Page 4
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