CONTROL OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
REGULATIONS OPERATE FROM MONDAY The new traffic regulations come into force on Monday, and included is the first attempt in New Zealand to control pedestrian traffic. Among the regulations is one which states that when a pedestrian is walking along a road where a reasonably adequate footpath is available, he is to keep to the footpath as much as is practicable.
According to another, when there is an authorised pedestrian-crossing which is reasonably available to any pedestrian who is crossing a x’oadway, then if the pedestrian does not use the crossing he shall yield the right of way to motor vehicles on the roadway. A pedestrian*is not to remain on an authorised pedestrian-crossing longer than is necessary for the purpose of crossing the roadway with reasonable dispatch. A pedestrian in crossing a roadway elsewhere than in an authorised pedestrian-crossing shall whenever possible cross at right-angles to the kerb or side of the roadway. Every pedestrian is to comply with any directions given by means of traffic-control lights or by any police officer or traffic inspector for the purpose of safe and efficient regulation of traffic. For a breach of the pedestrian regulations the offender is liable to a maximum penalty of £2.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 December 1936, Page 8
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