VECHILE LIGHTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13206, 9 February 1907, Page 4

VECHILE LIGHTS.

The fat;il accident which wcurvcA on a public road near Wtumato oii, Ttyumdtiy night, us described in another -qolunui) supplies a strung aigunient iu favour. yf tlx? demand' which Ins beeri made '«it> various times that' local auUioi'il<ie„s hlu>ul<l adopt it, by-law requiring all vehicle* : t<> carry r lights when .travelling on , tio t'ouils at. night. !(■ .would lie 110 great tax upon, country people to bo coinpolle<t to ciil'iy. light* at- flight, and prevention of ~$•

Ipmerous major and minor accidents that rcur every year through the lack of hem, would justify the suggested compulion, even if it were costly. Mr Major, ha member for Hawera, lias for several pssions past endeavoured to persuade Pariament to agree to a Bill providing for [ie compulsory lighting of vehicles using be roads at night, and it is surprising |at his efforts to safeguard life have met Eth so little success. Motorists are perIps specially interested in the question, (sring to the additional risk involved in the peed at which they travel, and they may e expected to support Mr Major's attempt to get the Legislature to deal with it. The Automobile Association might, in "act, think it worth while to communicate vith him on. the subject, ti:e iai.p&rtance )i which, as our readers may remember rom an interview we published with Dr iarclay just prior to the formation of the iouth Canterbury Automobile Club, had mpressed itself upon- the doctor long beore the unfortunate occurrence cf Tliurslay night. - •