TRAFFIC CONTROL

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3497, 5 November 1926, Page 10

TRAFFIC CONTROL

j METHODS IN ENGLAND. ! REGULATIONS ARB REASONABLE. “My time in England was mostly spent in London, but X was able to get in a very pleasant motor tour through the Midlands and the West of England, said Dr. Bevan Brown to a representative of “The Referee” on Friday. There are hundreds of miles of newly-formed arterial roads through the country, very wide, and with a perfect surface. The main roads are formed of concrete with an asphalt or- tar covering; the other common types of roadway are tarmac or bitumen over macadam. Loop-ways are formed to avoid villages ■ and small towns. After motoring in England I am afraid one will lind our New Zealand roads with their potholes, to be an unplesant contrast. The motor traffic on tne English roads is very large and is increasing. At holiday times ' there is an uninterrupted procession of oars on the roads leading out from London. “I am glad.to say that England is setting the Dominions a good example by buying English cars ratliei than those of foreign make, the latter being considerably in the minority on the roads. The London traffic is so immense, that in spite of ingenious devices to solve the traffic problem, progress through London by motor is a slow business. The police have a very complete control, and short shrift is the lot of anyone failing to obey their signals. But the motorist who obeys the reasonable regulations that arc in force and exercises commonscnse in driving, is' never likely to be interfered with. In London, as far as 1 could sec, no stress is laid on speeding, provided the road is clear ahead; in fact, the police encourage one to speed up when the signal is given to go ahead.”