DANGERS OF THE ROAD
Sir, —Is there one law for the motorists, and another for the rest of the community? My reason for asking the question is because if a motorist breaks a by-law the police or traffic inspectors are down on him in a second and he gets no mercy and looks for none. But, why is it that cyclists are allowed to break tho law openly, right under the noses of the police and inspectors, and absolutely no notice is taken. I refer to the dangerous practice of cyclists hanging on to motorlorries and being towed through the traffic. Apart from the danger and the unfairness of the motorist having to provide the motor power to drag a lot of hangers on up tho hills of the city, it is grossly unfair that the driver should be called on to watch the back of his vehicle in the traffic as well as the front. In a case of emergency he is afraid to pull up too quickly or swerve too suddenly to the right or left for fear of crushing the said hangers on against another vehicle. Again, is it fair that a driver's nerves should bo. put continually on edge as a result of these accidents, or the danger of them, when, if the police and inspectors did their duties the dangers woidd not exist. Disgi-stf.d.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21640, 4 November 1933, Page 15
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