MOTORING NOTES.

Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18238, 11 July 1931, Page 3

MOTORING NOTES.

HINTS BY AN EXPERT. The Law on Lighting. APPLICATION TO BICYCLES. RIGHTS OF PEDESTRIANS. ... i . i .\ ■. I ' !•■■ Within a borough or town; district where the street lighting is good, the driver of a motor vehicle may dim the headlights or use side lights. ■•' •• - ' lit > Lights on Stationary Vehicles. , No person shall be in charge of any motor vehicle .when, such vehicle is stationary on any -road, unless it displays three lights, two in front and a tail-light; and such vehicle shall not.be left in such a position on the road as to constitute a danger to traffic. Bicycles.. The Lights on Vehicles Act, 1915, compelled bicycles .to. have a' front light and an amendment to that Act made it compulsory for bicycles to have a red reflector at the. rear. Both are honoured more in the breach than in;the observance,! but it would be well foiscyclists to take heed and .obey, the law. The .push-bike is' much . in use.. The users don't seem to think there are any rules or regulations that concern th>m. They push their bikes all over the place and. push the unwary pedestrian off his sole possession the footpath. They coolly ring their bell, warning. one to be good enough to step into the ditch or into the hedge to allow them a clear way to cycle along the footpath. Our footpaths are cycle tracks, morning, noon, and night. How many bicycles are fitted with a front lamp, and a. red,.reflector, properly fixed at tho rear? Aii electric torch in the hand does not conform to the law. Persons have been fined for riding a bicycle at nigfht, although they had a hand torch.

A proper lamp with white light must bo fixed to. the bicycle, showing light in front; and a red reflector must be fixed in a proper place at the rear of the bicycle. In this connection it may be pointed out that reflectors are sometimes fixed on bicycles in such a way as to be of no use. ... . The reflector must.be fixed so that the lights of. a motori vehicle .will shine on the. reflector..and show a, red reflection indicating to the motorist that a cyclist is on the road ahead. Remember that in the dark you are not easily visible to following traffic. Cyclists please see to it that you have a proper lamp fixed to. the front of your cycle and a red reflector fixed on a proper place at the. rear of your cycle, and remember that footpaths arc for people walking on, and not for cycling on. General. Respect the rights of pedestrians. Aged or infirm people and young children and those in charge of them call for your special courtesy. To Pedal Cyclists. Certain of" the rules for motor drivers apply to cyclists. Study and observe the rules of the road. Do not ride more than two abreast. Do not wobble about the road., but ride as steadily, as possible. Do. not ride with your arms folded. Do not hold on to a motor,vehicle. Keep to the-left of the road.