CONFUSING WHITE LINES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17915, 3 August 1926, Page 8

CONFUSING WHITE LINES.

To t.he Editor. Sir,--=-At city crossings white curved lines have been marked out. Why the curve? Can a person turning to the right follow the curve, or must he go round the centre point, where the policeman stands at other crossings. If not, why draw a curve. Why not make a simple cross, cutting the centre point of the''streets.—l am. etc.. MOTORIST. Mr H. Macintosh, Chief Traffic Inspector, states that the by-law states that a driver must not turn to the right until he has reached the lefthand side of the street he wishes to turn into. Several experiments in the wav of guiding lines are being made and in the case of the curved lines, the area between the curves is a kind of prohibited space. Thus, a driver, washing to turn to the right at the intersection of Gloucester and Colombo Streets, when driving west along Gloucester Street, would have to keep the outside tip of the right curve in Gloucester Street on his right and follow on until the outside tip of the right curve in Colombo Street, was on his right, when he would turn.