AUTOMATIC SIGNALS.
/"VNLY a very guarded approval can be given at this stage to the experiment of light signals in Christchurch, for as speakers at the Pioneer Club have pointed out, cyclists are not compelled to observe the signals. Moreover, the ebb and flow of traffic in Christchurch is too irregular to make the system ideal, and there are complications that are not inconsiderable. For instance, the pay-as-you-enter trams on the St Martin’s line will sometimes spend two or three minutes standing at a Colombo Street intersection holding up all road traffic, and this delay might be greatly accentuated in the process of waiting for light signals. In fact, we are still a little bit too out-of-date in our habits for such a modern system, and unless a very rigid observance of all traffic rules is insisted on, and steps are taken to prevent tramway delays at intersections, the experiment of light signals will be an expensive failure.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 6
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