"WALK ON THE RIGHT"
ADVICE TO PEDESTRIANS DANGER ON LEFT-HAND SIDE i [bt telegraph—own correspondent] NAPIER, Friday The danger, especially at night, of pedestrians walking on the left-hand side of the road was pointed out by the president of the North Island Motor Union, Mr. W. A. O'Callaghan, at the opening of the annual conference of the union to-day. "Over many years a custom seems to have grown up in this country under which pedestrians walk on the lefthand side of the road," he said. " This is a most dangerous practice. Indeed, I know of two recent cases, one in which a pedestrian was killed and another in which two pedestrians were seriously injured, the accidents being due solely to the fact that they were walking on the left-hand side of the road.
" Had they been walking on the right-hand side of the road they would have seen the approaching car and could have taken some steps to avert the accident. It is not generally known that the rule of the road under common law is that pedestrians should walk on the right and for their own safety they should observe the old common law rule."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 15
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