THE RULE OF THE FOOTPATH.
Sir, —I not ico -i letter signed " Courtoisie" oil the subject of courtesy on the footpath. 1 am afraid that our friend who wrote that letter is rather wide of the mark in attaching blame to innocent but confused pedestrians w'ho, like the bulk of the people in New Zealand to-day, hardly know on which side of the pavement they should walk. For considerably over 50 years the ride was to keep to the right, and then walking was a very simple matter and there never was any confusion. Unfortunately a certain Mayor of Auckland was the means of having this method changed to " keep to the left," which is at the bottom of all the trouble. Not only did he persuade the Auckland City Council to have this idea adopted here, but lie must needs go further and get others in New Zealand to adopt it; hence some people keep to one side of the pavement and some to the other, and nobody can get along with any degree of ease or speed. I hope that it will not be long ere we revert to "keep to the right" in all New Zealand towns. One of the Confused.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21100, 6 February 1932, Page 12
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