CROSSING ACCIDENTS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 June 1930, Page 5

CROSSING ACCIDENTS

-•ONFUSION Ob' SiGiNAJU>. •Uy X<ilbMrdph—Press Association.). TIMAIiO, Jrnie 18. TJie alarming increase in tiie niunoer of jail way crossing accident's was reierred to at to-nignt\s meeting oi tlie heath Canterbury Uhamber oi Commerce. The general opinion of members was that the Government had tailed! to educate the public to' the system of lighting signals used at ingut. "The subject was introduced by Mr A. [* Greenhed, oncie a railway employee, who said half the accidents were brought about through the it ail way Department using a green ngnt for danger and a red light for safety. He considered the chambers of commeirce should assist the Government to formulate a scheme to minimise the number of accidents. These would continue to increase unless the Government made a, definite danger signal, and that signal should be red. . , Mr G. D. Virtue pointed out that there had been ten lever crossing lata.litie,s in Canterbury atone in the last five months, and in spite of the publicity accidents continued to increase. The' Government Was trying to educate tlie people-, but was not making a, suc-

00 'Other’ 1 speakers contended that the d time had arrived for drastic actipn K The following resolution amis caanect. “That the Hailway Department l>e cn led on to take such action ns may be necessary to make all railway erossinr" Sfe? particularly at, night and t'lmt red warning lights lw used m place of ereen. as at present.