DRIVING WITH SAFETY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 April 1934, Page 8

DRIVING WITH SAFETY

ENTERING AND LEAVING TRAFFIC CANTERBURY AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION'S ADVICE “Comparatively few motorists act as if they knew what is the correct tiling to "do when pulling out from a parking place into the stream of traffic,” says the latest safety first message of the Canterbury Automobile Association.

“Many drivers find themselves unable to emerge from a parking space because when they parked the car they left insufficient room to allow for a proper emergence. Far too many motorists pull into the kerbing with the. front bumpers right up close to (lie car ahead. Along conics a ear at the hack, and the car in the middle h a prisoner. Because drivers will not ensure enough room in front for a getaway they cause danger to themselves and others when the tinm comes to enter the traffic stream. Trouble comes in trying to re-enter traffic because the ear lias to he headed almost at right angles to the traffic, instead of being moved carefully and obliquely forward. “Whore jlrivors are grievously at fault is in their failure to give a hand signal, with a warning toot of tiie horn, that they are about to emerge into the traffic stream. It is not fair suddenly to dive out on to the roadway in front of bicycles and other traffic, and drivers who annoy others by the process of allowing the car to. creep out into the traffic stream merely create danger for cyclists, and force motorists to crowd and take up more of the road space than they should. This is a quite frequent occurrence in some of the busiest streets of Christchurch,

“Any driver whose ear is parked by a. kerbing should never attempt to enter the traffic stream until the way is dear, and lie is sure he will cause no danger or inconvenience to others. Then lie should give his hand signal ufLor sounding the horn, and go forward slowly and steadily. If drivers exercised a few simple common-sense rules in entering and leaving parking places they would make motoring much more pleasant for themselves and others.”