LEVEL CROSSINGS
PAINTING OF WHITE LINES FOR MOTOR TRAFFIC “It has been decided to paint and maintain at a distance of about 20 feet from the rail a white line across the roadway at all level crossings where crossing-keepers are stationed and the roadway is sealed,” stated a letter from the District Engineer of Railways (Mr G. M. Beck) to last night’s meeting of the Gore Borough Council. “The practice of painting white lines at crossings is being adopted throughout New Zealand.”
The letter stated that it was considered by the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants that the provision of white lines would indicate the area outside which motorists must stop when held up by a train passing over the crossing. “The suggestion has merit, the letter stated, “in that its adoption will bring the directing of road traffic over manned railway crossings into line! with that conducted in city areas and: will also provide motorists with al definite indication of the area outside! which they must stop when held up by a crossing-keeper.” The letter added that the painting of the lines would be carried out by the Railway Department.
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Southland Times, Issue 23649, 26 October 1938, Page 4
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191LEVEL CROSSINGS Southland Times, Issue 23649, 26 October 1938, Page 4
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