RIGHT-HAND RULE
WAITING AT A CORNER THE QUESTION OF TIME [l>Y TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHUKCH. Tuesday Tho question of how long a motorist should wait to allow traffic on his right to proceed at an intersection was raised in tho Magistrate's Court to-day. This problem occurred every Saturday afternoon at the conclusion of sports fixtures, said Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M. Raymond W. Wilson was the motorist charged, and his oxcuse, according to tho chief traffic inspector, Mr. Bruorton, was that lie thought the High Street traffic "had had a fair go."
"After all, a motorist cannot bo expected to wait indefinitely while tho other chaps go on." commented the magistrate, who added that lie would dismiss the charge on payment of costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23130, 31 August 1938, Page 18
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