TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
The Pedestrian's Point Of View
AIR. C. CHAMPKIN'S "SAFETY FIRST" TALK
The last of the series of talks on Safety First was given on Saturday night over ZBW by Mr. C. Champkin, Deputy Superin- tendent of the Police Reserves.
Saturday saw the closing of Safety First Week, ending one week of intensive, instruction by the local Tradic. Department, which, with the aid of competent outsiders, did very rood work with posters, addresses in public places and over the radio, ad- vertising and films.”
be dazzled by the headlights, but at least the driver can see you and you have longer notice of his ap- preach than you would have if you
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER
CHURCH PARADE
Scottish Company's Smart Turnout
The annual Church Parade sez- vice of the Scottish Company of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, was held yesterday at the Union Church, Kennedy Road. The company. with their bag- pipers in full regalia made an im- pressive alght as they marched from Headquarters, up Garden Road, and along Kennedy Road.
There was a smart turnout under the command of Captain Forsyth, Officer Commanding the Scottish Company. Lt. Col. R. C. B. An- derson, M.C., Commandant of the H.K.V.D. Corps also attended the service..
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30, 1936.
HONG KONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION
MATCH BETWEEN TWO
AFFILIATED RIFLE CLUBS
Large Number Attending Annual Dinner Next Tuesday
X
to
Owing.
once again,
the restricted
| that of 85 by Corporal Stewart of'
available at week-ends, it was not
target accommodation | the Battalion Rife Club.
possible
The wind was very tricky and the to hold the ordinary light began to fall rapidly during Spoon Shoot on the Naval Range at the shoot at 600 yards and in view Stonecutters on Saturday afternoon
of this, "the acqres mentioned are The Rev. Mackenzie Dow, Minis-could be used by the Association made them. At the conclusion of as the number of targets which extremely creditable to those who ter of the Union Church preached only permitted of a match being the match, miniature shields were an interesting sermon termination of the service.
At the Bred between the "Bisley" Club of presented by the Battalion Rife Scottish Company marched down the Rifle Club of the Fourth Sub-Berlyn of the Submarine Flotilla the 1st Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles and Club to P.O: Saunders and Leut.
Ride Club while medals were pre- sented by the latter body to the
Mr Champk!n" said:----
The resources of the Hong Kong Police, to whom you are indebted for this present indiction, do seem to cover the possibilities of serving up twice-bolled cabbage so dis- were on the left side in the case guised with verbiage as to appear of a car overtaking you. Never with the gloss of novelty.... As I cross a road where it curves. Most don't drive a car." it is not Inot our roads bend very sharply and appropriate that I should present hare steeply banked on one side: Irable "At Home", was held. to you the point of view of the un- you can't see round a corner then happy victim of that freedom of opportunity enjoyed by those that
do.
LONG-SUFFERING
PEDESTRIANS
don't choose a corner for crossing.
the
many
to Headquarters where an enjoy friends of the company attending WHIST DRIVE
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marine Flotilla. It was, however. modation for a few members of the found possible to provide accom-
Battalion "Bisley" Club, one being
Volunteer Forces of the Colony but won by Lieut. Ratcllae, and the the fact remains that with the ex-other by Corporal Stewart. ception of those fring in the match At the fortnightly whist drive of above referred to, not one single the Craigengower Cricket Club on member of the Regular Army had Saturday. Miss Calman, Mrs. Allenar. opportunity of shooting had he and Mrs. Locke won the Ladies' wished to do so. prizes, and Messra. Aliens. Howard and Williams were the successfuled, the teams consisted of eight As far as the match is concern-
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R.E.O.C.A. DANCE
It is very difficult to judge the speed of an oncoming car. by its headlights and the driver may have other abstractio: than keeping We pedestrians are long-suffer- clear of you. He may be confused Ing people. We want only to live by other approaching lights. Cats and let live. The reckless driver have a disconcerting way of dart- also may be quite. content to take ing across the road. If the driver
te as it comes-but it is too fre- is a woman It is worth while re-gentlemen. quently our life that he takes. Be-membering that some women will. cause of this, we abandon for one risk their lives-and all women will week in the year the dictum that cheerfully risk yours-in order to courage. not safety. is the virtue avoid running over a stray cat. of man and preach to you a gospel founded on a falucus slogan that would, I am sure, have
caused much hilarity to Nelson, 2nd to Clive. Still we may be sure that the well-meaning inaugurators of this peculiarly-named movement were more concerned with traffic accidents than with empire adven- ture
In the Police Reserve, of course. our interest in traffic problems is mainly philosophic, but we do take
COMMON SENSE, CAUTION
او
AND COURTESY So you see, on these open roads. especially at night, it is clearly the duty of the pedestrian to look after himself. As a pedestrian he has undoubted rights. He may ex- ercise them or not. The motorist equally has undoubted obligations. He may, or may not, remember them. Common sense, caution and courtesy are the only sale guides to conduct on the open road. It's
established rights
The Royal Engineers Old Com rades' Association held their fort- nightly dance at the Peninsula Hotel Roof Garden on Saturday evening when nearly 300 people
were present.
Dance music was provided by the Semreh" Dance Orchestra.
Master of Ceremonies,
M.S/M, H. Harrison, RE,
was
SALE OF WORK One of the features of a sale of
part in the match it is significant. Apart from those actually taking
as evidence of the way in which the standard of shooting is gradual- ly, and definitely improving, that
stated. only a few could obtain although for the reason already
members of each club, four of target accommodation on Satur- whom shot with the "1914" rifle day afternoon, no less than seven and other four with the rifte "asscores of 90 or over were returned issued and the detailed scores at the conclusion of the shoot. given below, demonstrate the in- These were made by Lieut. Berlyn creased accuracy produced by the and Lieut. Ratcliffe, each with use of the aperture-sight and sling scores of 98; Sgt. Rattenbury, 97; In the case of the Battalion "Bis- AB. Bowerman, 95; Sub-Lieut. A.C. ley" Club those fring with the BR Ford and 2/Lieut. Y. S. Wan who (b) weapon scored 47 points more each made 94; and Lieut. F. P. than did the remainder of the team Sequeira, who scored 90.. who were using the S.R. (a) rifle, while the corresponding figures for the Flotilla Rifle Club showed an even greater discrepancy, as those using the "1914" rifle had a lead of no less than 67 points over the aggregate made by the remainder
The result was a win for the Battalion "Bisley Club by 26 points, a close Andah, which un-
of the match.
a turn of duty now and again and surprising how very inconclusive work being held at the St. John's the team. our experience leads us to classify humanity under three headings in what we call our Petty Crash Ac- count:-(a) People who are nimble-witted enough to look after themselves, (b) People who have just about enough intelligence to walk without assistance, (c) Chi- nese, riding bicycles.
number of this Colony
KERB-SIDE ACCIDENTS Now, the greater tramc casualties in happen within a few feet of the kerb. It is obvious, therefore, that they are due to the fact that the victims stepped into the road way without first looking in the direction of the oncoming traffic. In some cases they attempted to cross the road in front of a stationary car, parked alongside
the
pavement. that completely masked their view of other ap proaching cars.
As regards the First Annual Din~ ner which is taking place at the Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday next. over 250 names have been received for this function, and we are asked to state that additional names can" be received up to 10 a.m. on Tues- day, after which time. It will not be possible to do more than to allot any vacant seat to those who wish to attend, but who have not
and legal "ob-Cathedral Hall on December 10, at ligations appear when you wake11 a.m., will be a real Woolworth up in hospital
stall... Household articles, Christ- they are a menace to the public and knitted goods will also be
As for Chinese riding bicycles, mas gifts and cards, home produce doubtedly added to the enjoyment hitherto sent in their names. safety. I can only say that they offered at extremely reasonable mesmerize me into inertia. When- ever I see one I tell my driver to
prices. park the car till he is completely out of sight-and the cest advice I can give you is to do the same.
SPEED
one of speed. It is impossible to The motorist's first problem is lay down any hard and fast rule as to what is excessive speed. It depends so much on circumstan- ces, and the temperament, skill and intelligence of the driver, but I think the tendency always is to
of
inalienable rights--and they must drive too fast. Motorists have two renounce one of them. They have the rights of security and liberty the security that comes from careful driving at a reason- able speed, and the liberty to keep a rendezvous with death.
The worst offenders in this re- spect are men Women always look before they leap but un- fortunately they seldom belleve
Any dealer will tell you that it what they see. As they always run back to the
In useless trying to sell any kind pavement they are of car in Hong Kong without an probably responible for more ac- assurance cidents to motorists than to them-seventy. Few people, I imagine, that it will touch selves. If men had less sense of consequences they would probably look after themselves better. women had more sense of sequences they wouldn't hospital so often.
want to
POLICE MARRIAGE
was
The outstanding scorers were Lieut. Ratcliffe and Sgt. Ratten- bury of the Battalion who made score of 98 and 97 respectively, and Lieut. (E) Berlyn and A.B. Bower- man of the Flotilla Rifle Club who
The highest score made by either team with the S.R. (a) rifle was
At John's Cathedral on Batur-scored 98 and 95 each. day afternoon the wedding Taylor, of the Hong Kong Police solemnised between Sergeant G.
Force, and Miss Ina Durrant. The Sub-Inspector W. N. Darkin while bride was given away by Acting. Sergeant O. Bowers discharged the duties of best man Many friends ceremony. of the happy couple attended the
for yourselves the force of impact if the source of danger is not sta- tionary, but is approaching you at the same speed as your own.." A hundred and thirty two feet is a long way to travel ta imminent danger, and two séconds is a short time to guard and a quarter
whose care extends not far ahead against it. Confucius said "Those
many drivers suffer from elephan-hand."
'touch seventy' but so will find their troubles near If Lasis of the ego that there will con- always be those anxious to emul- be, In ate the small boy in 'Pickwick who
ate sixpenny-worth of muffins nat because he wanted to but simply to show that it could
be done. It may be said that, as I don't drive myself, it's not my business to deprecate the reckless effervescence of those that do but in this matter of senseless speeding I have neither the apti- tude not the inclination to mind my own business.
CARELESSNESS Most accidents occur at street Intersections. The main cause, as I have sald, is carelessness in step- ping into the road: A secondary cause is chattering to a companion. or wandering in one's mind, while
crossing the road. Of course, the kind of people that wander in their minds are necessarily limited in their travel by the smallness of their minds. These are the peo-. ple that forget that the direction of the trafic stream changes when they are half way across. They stray in a long diagonal across a busy street, and they usually carry, open umbrellas that blind them to anything not immediately in front of them.
car.
Lieut, Ratcliffe S.L.M. HI
The event promises to be one of considerable interest to the Colony generally and the speeches which are to be delivered are believed to contain news about the future of the Association, which every keen member will awalt with eagerness.
The detailed figures for the match which was held on Satur- day afternoon are as follows m
FIRST BN. ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES "BISLEY" CLUB
Score Score Score →
at
at
at Aggregate 200 yds. 500 yds. 600 yds. Score
Nett
Nett
Nett
Nett Remarks
34
31
98 "1914 rifle.
30
29
80
do.
3-4
22
31
37
do.
27
30
31
88
do.
28
24
TI S.R. (a) rifle.
31
25
85. do.
25
28
79
do.
25
84
do.
Grand Total
....697
Sgt. Rattenbury Cpl. Watson L/Cpl Ganly Cpl. Stewart
Cpl. McCausland Rin... Stafford
59335
“នÅនឆន ៈ 8
FOURTH SUBMARINE FLOTILLA RIFLE CLUB Lieut. Berlyn ................
at
33
31.
24
98 "1914" rifle.
ERA. Haynes
27
31
29
BT
do.
A.B. Bowerman
31
33
31
#95
do.
Big. Edwards
31
31
27
89
do.
Lt.-Car, Tillden
24
21
25
70 8.R. (a) ride.
P.O. Saunders
23
31
81
do.
E.R.A. Thorne AB. Daniels
23
30
24
77
do.
28
24
22
74
do.
Grand Total 671
NIGHT DRIVING Remember when night the blind spot at
driving at every turning. Your steering wheel is not geared to your headlights and you are blind to the road until your lights come into alignment with your car. There are so many sharp corners and hairpin bends on our hill roads that these blind' spots are a real danger.
It should be gratultous for me to remind you of the rules for pass- Ing on curves, crests of hills and narrow road-of the dangers of 'cutting in' and of cutting corners and of failing to give the right
FORTY MILES AN HOUR Let us consider what we may call the danger zone' at a speed- think it will be admitted is not of forty miles an hour, which I of way; but I would like to re-
mind you that the safest and san-, unusual on an open road. Psy- est driving reaction of the average man to chologists tell us that the mental
is not fool-proof against the fool in the other car. If you are on" a main road you quarters of a second. Therefore, roads, but it doesn't profit you a sense of danger takes three- have the right of way at cross- Have you noticed, by the way. have travelled 44 feet towards it crashed into you from a side street if you see trouble ahead, you will much to reflect that the fool that the kind of hats the ladies are before it will occur to you to apply thought the right of way was his. wearing nowadays? They are worn your brakes, on one car and cover completely travelling at forty miles an hour
The average
So it's much better to slow.down one side of the face.. The blind
at crossroads in the expectation of side is cunningly arranged to be still in less than one and a half
cannot possibly come to a stand- finding a fool at every one of on the right. I daresay some of you seconds, and during that time you
them. have idly wondered why so many will have travelled another 88 ..women
are to be seen walking feet-that is if your brakes across the road backwards. The are in perfect order, which they sary for me to add that the man explanation is simple. It's the only very frequently way they can see the traffic.
are not. So who boasts that he can drink any there is a danger zorte of 132 thing not thick enough to feet, within which you are 'bound These remarks, so far, apply to hit something if it is stationary
ought not to be allowed to drive particularly to the Central District. ; and blocking the road. Within
at all. On the highways of the New Ter- that zone you are risking your ritory and the open roads of the life. That, after all, is your own Xeland where there are no pave affair-bat you may be risking also ments you should always walk on the lives of others. the right side of the road to face oncoming care. At night you may
THE OPEN ROADS
Those of you that have a- thematical minds may calculate
"THE DRINKER Finally, in this sober-minded community it is perhaps unneces-
eat
M
ST. ANDREW'S DAY CONCERT
Large Attendance At Peninsula Hotel
6. Selection of Harry Lauder's Popular Songs.. arr. Ord Hume.
Introducing-"Tobermory," "I love a lassde," "Ts a the intest o' the family," "Stop yer ticklin Jack,"
* Caillgan
call again.” "Early in the morning," "Tite A splendid programme of music weddin' o' Sandy Machal" "Kil- was rendered by the the Band of Hecrankie" and others squally the East Lancashire Regiment (by popular. kind permission of Major W. E. Interval
opera....The
Old Bolatst:
8. Cornet: Solo-"Love's Brandsmen W. Faster. Swee: Song." Malloy,
the Peninsula Hotel last night. Pirates of Pentance." St. Andrew's Day concert given in vans melodramátic B. Dowling and Officers) at the 7. Belection from Arthur Build-
There was a large audience, who enjoyed every minute of the excel- lent programme which included a selection of Bir Harry Lander's 9. Excerpts from the Opera "I popular songs. Each item met ¦ Trovatore" Verdi. with well merited applause, The conductor was Mr.. A B, Yule play "The Merry Widow" Lehtar.
10. Selection from the musical The programme was as follows: 1. March. Triumphant — “The Myddeton.
11. Fantasia"The Thistle" arr. London Scottish" Haines.
2, Overture Tam o'Shanter Drysdale,
3. Valse "Amorettan Tanze" rules of right can
No trafic regulations nor any
Cung ever supersede 4 First Movement of the prudence, good sense and con- the elementary obligations of "Dramatic Symphony" (The un
anfaked) Bchubert, sideration for others that should govern the conduct of all that use the road.
d. Euphonium Solo-The Ban dolero" Stuart. Boloist: Corporal F. Coward.
tack" Lancashire Lad."
Regimental Marches "The At-
God Save The King,
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