OFF-SIDE RULE.
During the "outing months an intensive.' campaign is to be conducted by tin. Automobile Association oi Great Britain to persuade motorists generally to adopt what is known as the “Offside Rule" when meeting other traffic at crossroads anil mail junctions. Ties rule says: Watch I'or traffic at crossroads and junctions approaching on your right, and, all things being equal, give way to it. Ln the opinion of the experts of tin association the adoption of this rule, would greatly reduce the number at motor-ear accidents wnicli arc now causing an average of three deaths a day. The secretary of the association, Ar. Stensen Coolie. s:i •‘One convention lias been proimilga lanl—that traffic from side roads should give way to that ori main roads, but it is often almost impossible for driver to know which is the main -road and which is the side road. “That problem would not arise if all motorists adopted the offside rule/’ The proposal has been submitted to the chief constables of Great Britain for consideration and to the Government authorities concerned.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 February 1926, Page 16
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178OFF-SIDE RULE. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 February 1926, Page 16
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