Behind the Wheel

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22949, 29 January 1938, Page 12 (Supplement)

Behind the Wheel

Road to Piha Tho main route to Piha via Glen Eden has deteriorated very severely since repairs were effected before Christmas. Many complaints and disparaging remarks were overheard on tho West Coast beaches at tho last week-end in regard to the very rough nature of the running surface. Left or Right

In Austria the authorities have been unable to decide whether traffic should keep to the left or the right of tho road, and the rulo varies 111 'different parts of tho country. In 0110 instance a change-over sign advising motorists of a change in the regulations is placed on a blind corner. Head-on collisions are consequently not so easy to avoid. Workshops' Busy Christmas Whilo Auckland and Christchurch repair shop foremen could definitely affirm that Christmas period smashes had meant a larger volume of work than usual, tho foremen in Wellington generally did not share that experience, states The Radiator. In Wellington there was a freedom from fatalities, but in one day there were eight cars in a Lower Hutt garage for accident repairs A factor which does not make Wellington repair shops experience a proper index to accidents is the trend of motor touring toward the North, and it is not unnatural that Auckland should have to cope, therefore, with a large amount of repair work. New Irish Road Signs In . connection with the reading authorities, the Automobile Association of Great Britain is signposting 200 miles of Irish trunk roads under a new experimental system. The principles involved are practically identical with the methods adopted by the Automobile Association (Auckland) since it commenced placing the familiar yellow and black signs' on provincial roads. The Irish signs are to contain bold blackcharacters 011 yellow backgrounds and will supplement the local directions by main terminal destination signs. The Automobile Association, London, in a report states that yellow and black have been found to be the most disi tinctive colours for road signs.