UNLIGHTED VEHICLES.
TO THE EDITOB. Sir, —May I encroach on your valuable space to draw attention to tlio dangerous practice of driving gigs, etc., at night without lights - / I have lately experienced one or two narrow escapes from colliding with uniighted vehicles. It s cems to be the usual practice for a driver without lights !o draw io the side of the road when meeting a motor and try to persuade bis horse to stand there quietly. Sometimes it does so. Hut in tin* event of it not standing quietly, die. first warning of (ho proximity of the vehicle is a plunging horse on the road, soinelimos al very close quarters. If the vehicle has lights, the motion of the lights gives the motorist warning that all is not well in the event of the horse playing up, mil ho has plenty of lime lo stop, and, if necessary, give help to quieten Iho horse. Kor their own safety, if not for others, drivers would ho very wise to carry .lights at night.—l am, etc., MOTORIST.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10471, 8 September 1916, Page 7
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176UNLIGHTED VEHICLES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10471, 8 September 1916, Page 7
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