MOTOR CONTROL

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 September 1927, Page 5

MOTOR CONTROL

NATIONAL REGULATIONS A GREAT ADVANCE. THE EIGHT-HAND RULE. BY TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL TO THE STAR. WELLINGTON, SLpt. 22. The Government having decided that the regulation of motors 'should be placed in the hands of the Public Works Department, which had previously shouldered the Responsibility of administering the motor omnibus regulations and 'those relating to heavy traffic, the way became clear for tire introduction of universal motor regulations. These, when op 2 rating, wil'd replace the contradictory local by-laws on the subject throughout the Dominion. This in itself will be a notable advance. It is reported that general motor regulations applicable to private drivers are about to be circulated among local bodies , motoring associations and others interested. Time will be given ior consideration of this draft, and the final regulations will be passed for genera] operation. The Public Works Department officers have, it is understood, incorporated into the national regulations important provisions which motorists, have lon* r desired. They have followed the precedent of the heavy traffic regulations* by providing tor a system or signals to be .observed when: a motorist proposed to change his direction. ilus can be done either by an arm signal or by some approved mechanical method, of which there an? several in use in New Zealand. The new regulations will also include the right-hand rule which remove uncertainty as to which vehicle lias the right of road, at intersections. The rule mostly observed, m New Zealand, and in .some cases enforced under local by-law, is that a motorist must give way to the vehicle which approaches him from the intersection on his right hand. Manv other important points, non thp subject of mush confusion owing to contradictory by-laws, will be .settled in the new regulations, soon to make their appearance.