Motorists And Safety Zones
[Per- Press Association. Copyright.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
Lack of co-operation by the police in the education of pedestrians was alleged by delegates at the quarterly meeting of the South Island Motor Union yesterday morning, criticism arising from a remit by the Otago association regarding pedestrian crossings.
“New Zealand must be the only country in the world where the police do nothing to educate the traffic,” said Mr R. Wilson (South Canterbury).
The danger to both motorists and pedestrians caused by the “indeterminate and unsatisfactory” method of indicating pedestrian crossings was the subject of the remit. Mr A. E. Ansell said that through the present system of marking pedestrian crossings many motorists were upon a crossing almost before they had seen it, and the fact that pedestrians were not yet educated to their use made matters worse. His association’s remit suggested that a zone should be created 30 feet from a crossing, and when a motorist was within this zone the pedestrian should not cross in front of that car. The Otago remit regarding the creation of neutral zones approaching crossings was adopted and will be sent to the Commissioner of Transport.
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Northern Advocate, 27 June 1939, Page 12
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