RULES & REGULATIONS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2763, 17 August 1931, Page 6

RULES & REGULATIONS

Handy Hints and General Information

(Specially Written for the “Hauraki ' .Plains Gazette.”) LIGHTING. Within a borough or town district where the street lighting is good, the driver of a motor vehicle may dim the headlights or use side lights. STATIONARY VEHICLES. No person shall be in charge of any motor vehicle when such vehicle is stationary on any road, unless it displays ’ three lights, two in front, and'a tail light; and such vehicle shall not be left in such a position on the road as to constitute a danger to traffic.

BICYCLES. r The Lights on Vehicles Act, 1915, compelled bicycles to have a front light, and an amendment to that; Act made it compulsory for bicycles to have a red reflector at the rear. Both 'are honoured more in the breach than in the observance, but it should 1 be well for cyclists to take heed and obey the law. The push bike is much in use. The users do not seem to think there are any rules or regulations that concern them. They push their bikes all over the place and push the unwary pedestrian off his sole possession—the footpath. They coolly ring the bell, warning one to be good ,enough to step into the hedge or ditch to allow them a clear way to cycle along the footpath. How many bicycles are fitted with a front lamp, and a red reflector properly fitted at the rear? An electric torch in the hand does not conform to the law. Persons have been fined for riding a bicycle at night, although they had a hand torch. A proper lamp with white light must be fixed ' ' the bicycle, showing light in front; and a red reflector must be fixed in a proper place at the rear of the bicycle. In this connection it may be pointed out that reflectors are sometimes fixed on bicycles in such a way as to be of no use. The reflectors must be fixed so that the lights of a motor vehicle will shine on the reflector and show a red reflection indicating to the motorist that a cyclist is on the road* ahead. Cyclists please see to it that you have a proper lamp fixed to the front of your cycle and a red reflector fixed on a proper place at the rear ofiyotir cycle. Remember that in the dark you are not easily visible to following traffic. Certain of the rules for motor drivers apply to cyclists. > Study and observe the rules of the road. Do not ride abreast. Do not wobble about the road, but ride as steadily as possible. Do not ride with your arms folded. Do not hold on to a motor vehicle. Keep to the left of the road. Motorists and cyclists respect the rights of pedestrians. Aged and infirm people, and young children, and those in charge of them, call for your special courtesy.