ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 17 December 1936, Page 6

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

A NEW DEPARTURE PEDESTRIAN LIABLE (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. Road traffic regulations under the Motor Vehicle Act and its amendments were approved by the Executive Council. In certain respects these regulations represent a new departure, pedestrian traffic coming under control for the first time in New Zealand. The regulations are divided under five headings—General, Motor Vehicles. Bicycles, General Vehicle Traffic, and Pedestrians. The section relating to motor vehicles provides, inter alia, for sixmonthly inspections, and stipulates that motorists must keep to the left of the road; are not to overtake other vehicles on bends; must give way to traffic on .the right at intersections; and drivers must be able to stop their cai's within half the visible distance ahead.

Cyclists are required to keep to the left, must not ride more than two abreast; and there is a penalty for negligent riding. Pedestrians are required to keep to footpaths as far as possible. When waiting for trams they must stay on the footpath or safety zone until the tram stops, and they must cross the road at right angles. Loitering on the roadway is forbidden. Motor vehicles are required to give way to pedestrian traffic at pedestrian crossings, and pedestrians are required to use these crossings where practicable. For a breach of the pedestrian regulations the offender is liable to a maximum penalty of £2. For a breach of the other regulations the maximum penalty is £SO.