SAFETY FIRST
Sir, —With reference to this trailed "safety first" faropaigT'- ' think that it is rather a one-sided affair According to the notices posted up the, pedestrian has to do all the locking out 8"d dodging, while the motorist sails along "Uh vers - little to worry him. Why not adopt the same idfa which is carried out in Sydney, where all motor-oars have to st"P when coming to a stationary tram wfc* r « > Passenrers are alisrhting. Motorists would be against this idea to start with, but would soon get used to it. The present system tend* to delav the trams, because a person will not alight from the tram until there if a clear course to the fo r, tpath. consequent I v the tram has to wait. I have noticed nuite a large number '>■ careless motor drivers about the streets of Auckland. and, in my opinion, this safety first" campaign will only tend to make them more so. I have driven motor-cars in Sydney, where there is much more traffic than there is in Anck'and. and if the scheme works well there why should it not do so here. Safety Always.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17622, 8 November 1920, Page 4
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