MOTOR BY-LAWS.
Motor-driven vehicles passing stationary tramears seem to be a fruitful cause of accidents, and the rider added to its verdict by the jury in the recent Supreme Court ease is not only justifiable, hut not stringent enough. While staying in the City of Toronto, Canada, last year, I noticed that the City Council there had enacted a by-law which was strictly enforced. This by-law directs that no motordriven vehicle shall'pass a stationary tramcar in any part of the city except the termini, but shall com? to a halt until the tramcar has resumed its journey. Had this by-law been in force in Auckland several lives would have been saved, and pedestrians and tramcar passengers would have more assurance of safety. Toronto is a city about eight timer, the size of Auckland, extremely busy, yet no complaint is made regarding the above by-law by motorists. If life and much suffering can lie saved by such a provision, what a heavy responsibility rests upon the Auckland' City Council as long as the present dangerous stato of things obtains. Auckland motorists are, in my experience, very careful and obliging, am] I feel sure they would raise no objection to the enactment of such a reasonable bylaw to which I have referred. H. Masox. May 13, 1914.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15610, 15 May 1914, Page 4
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