TRAFFIC CONTROL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22117, 24 May 1935, Page 14

TRAFFIC CONTROL

Sir, —I am among those motorist* who resent intensely the rudeness meted out on occasion by traffic officers. One big reason is that such an encounter disturbs my nervous balance most unpleasantly for some hours afterwards, * fact not conducive to safe driving. My mistakes have, without exception, been due to lack of understanding of slovenly-given signals. Would it not, be possible for all traffic officers to give their signals in the clear-cut and efficient manner so perfectly demonstrated by the late "Robbie." They might ulso emulate his courtesy. Lady Motorist.

Sir, —I feel urged to add my small quota to the letters appearing under the above heading. At the end of Jasb month I was mdtoring through the city with a friend from the country. At the Grafton corner he made i small mistake, and we were held up by the traffic pointsman, who quietly walked over and explained where my friend was wrong. Nothing could hiive been done more courteously; no :tiofc eveti by the "police" mentioned by a member of the A.A. I notice that the traffic officials are much abused and the chief traffic officer greatly extolled/deservedly so for all I know to the contrary. Still, when I was young there was a saying or proverb " Like master like man." Rmazii.