MOTORISTS NEED NOT STOP AT ALL CROSSINGS.
RAILWAY DISCS WILL INDICATE WHEN A MALT IS COMPULSORY. No longer will motorists, on nearing ordinary railway crossings, be obliged by law to “stop, look, and listen.’* A speed of up to fifteen miles an hour over crossings which have not the compulsory stop disc erected will be permitted from next Saturday, June 1. Compulsory stop discs, with black paint on a background of yellow, are being erected at those crossings in Canterbury which are considered dangerous. Where these are encountered motorists must stop, as before, when near the line to make sure that no train is approaching. Legislation passed in 1926 enforced this stopping requirement as well as limiting the speed, within one hundred yards of the crossing, to ten miles an hour. Repealing these provisions, the Government Railways Amendment Act, the relevant section of which is to come into operation on Saturday, permits motorists to cross at fifteen miles an hour, after having made sure that the line is clear and having reduced to that speed within one hundred yards of the crossing. Offenders against this section are liable to a fine of £lO.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18772, 30 May 1929, Page 9
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193MOTORISTS NEED NOT STOP AT ALL CROSSINGS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18772, 30 May 1929, Page 9
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