TRAFFIC REGULATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1979, 22 November 1921, Page 5

TRAFFIC REGULATION.

A QUESTION OF UNIFORMITY. The question of making the control of traffic on the streets uniform as regards the side to which vehicles and pedestrians should travel, was introduced to the Palmerston North Borough Council last evening in a letter from the Wellington City Council, who wrote stating that the Council was considering the control of street traffic generally, and was introducing regulations requiring pedestrians to keep to the left instead of to the right, and asking to be advised whether this Council would consider the advisability of altering the existing rule of the road for pedestrian traffic. The Mayor: "The Wellington CityCouncil are to be commended for their action in this matter. It is the first good thing we have had from them, and we should appreciate it very much. They apparently want to ascertain from other local bodies what their attitude on the question is before putting it into effect in Wellington. I think we should send a letter commending their suggestion and thanking them for it." Cr. M. A. Eliott agreed that the suggestion was a good one. The present method of control was apt to lead to confusion. He hoped all other towns would fall into line. Cr. C. F. Spooner: "Why not bring it into effect here straight away?" The Mayor thought it would be better to wait until the Wellington Council had received replies from other local authorities, which might cause them to modify their proposals. It would not do for Palmerston North to be isolated in the matter. He suggested that Cr. Spooner should move that the Council carry the proposal into effect immediately word was received from the Wellington Council.. Cr. Spooner agreed to do this, and the motion was carried, „