Travelling on Wrong Side of the Road

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 57, 9 March 1937, Page 2

Travelling on Wrong Side of the Road

lIA KOWH Al-DARTMOOR ROAD INCIDENT. HASTINGS, March 8. The danger arising from motorists travelling on the wrong side on narrow hill roads was demonstrated yesterday afternoon on the Hakowhai-Dartmoor road. A motor-cyclist returning from Pukctitiri through Waihau, when rounding the first sharp corner after crossing the Dartmoor bridge, sudednly met a converted light truck approaching on its wrong sido keeping close into the bank. The motor-cyclist immediately pulled into the bank, his footrest ploughing into the earth. The driver of the truck, who was not more than four yards distant, pulled out smartly, and as he passed the tray of his vehicle missed striking the cyclist and his machine by the merest fraction. The motorist did not stop, and on restarting his machine the cyclist followed him to the bridge where he had pulled up. On being asked why he had forced the cyclist into the bank be said, ‘ ‘I was following the wheel tracks. I was travelling on my wrong side and did not leave yon any room. I am very sorry about it, and am glad that I did not hit you. The road is practically strange to me, and I realise the danger of being on the wrong side.’* Several large sheep trucks followed the motor-cycist a short time afterwards, and motorists picnicking in that district require to use caution.