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THE CHINA MAIL,

ANTHE

THE MOTORISTS' PAGE

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929.

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DANGEROUS 'RIGHTS' have scarcely any grasp of the

WHY NOT LAWS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN ?

Mr. A. G. Throssell, writes in the London "Sunday Times":

As we knew the footpath to be problems presented to the man at broad and well-kept along this the steering wheel, of the truth road,

seemed their procedure about safe driving, dangerous rather unnecessary, and my friend driving, safe speeds, and danger-pulled up to ask them, quietly ous speeds.

enough, why they chose to, walk in

The From this ignorance have been the road.

replies were horn. much... open and

"What's it got to do covert typical.

We've hostility, and all the Acts of Parlia- with you where we walk? It is typical of the ponderousment so far passed in this country got as much right to the road as way in which we get things done about motering. If we are to have you. It's not our job to get out If you run us down that two publie inquiries are being legislation that really does proof your way. "PAMOUS SINCE 13163

want to it's your fault." And so forth and simultaneously held into practi-mate safety, and if we cally the same subject and that the dispel the anti-motor prejudice, we so on, sticking up for their rights must seize every opportunity of in the spirit that has made Britain

what it is. experts who give their views he spreading the motoring gospel.

In time we may even persuade "Rights" unfortunately they are, fore onehody are invited a żew

"Punch" to pension of the funny But all rights are not inalienable days later to go and sзy all over

We all story about the motorist running or impervious to change. again before the other.

down the pedestrian; it has been used to have the right to wear a on duty every week for twenty-five sword and dagger in the streets once. It is pure anachronism years or more.

that foot passengers should retain rights born of the middle ages in days when vehicular traffic has multiplied ten times in speed and a thousand times in volume.

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The Wayward Pedestrian The Commissions and Committee, too, have been productive of some refreshingly frank speaking. There

The Select Committee on Lord Cecil's Road Traffic Bill is, I take it, designed by a polite House to give the happiest and most dignified dispatch to the foolish, if well- intentioned, offspring of a highly distinguished member-perhaps

was, for instance, the bead of the that idea will console basy and responsible people who have been LG.O.C. telling Lord Cecil that called from their work to say what the speed limit, if there was one they thought of artificial bampe at all, should be forty miles an everything, except tradition, de to promote safety at road cross-hour, and there was Mr. Mervyn mand a change. Not the most

ings.

The Royal Commission is more serious Agood deal of the evidence is old-it had been giver at similar inquiries in the past and though on the average it takes five Royal Commissions to make an Act, and though there is not

Save. Them from, Themselves

Reason, logic, common-sense,

O'Gorman, of the R.A.C, actually rabid motorist would say that daring to

Say

(a little of) what

pedestrians should have no rights think of he and most motorists

to the roadway, but a simple en

that actment

roadways are pedestrians.

I am afraid Mr. O'Gorman dis-rimarily for wheeled traffic would counted some of the value of his do more than all the provisions! propaganda by suggesting that of Lord Cecil's Bill to reduce the window-gazing is

A nuisance to

annual death-roll.

much prospect of a Government-other less important users of the Sheer necessity has compelled

promoted motoring Bill this year, its report should help to keep the drafters of that Bill on the right

lines.

streets, ad he was strangely wide

of the mark in asserting that red Pedestrians to submit to being shepherded in busy streets, though signal lights, are no good because even so the notices say "please," 25 per cent. of men are colour.

and there is no prohibition on blind; the true proportion is 5 per mooching across anywhere with your back to the traffic and eyes evidence is entirely wasted, how stricter control of that wayward and ears closed to its existence. the inquiry on Lord animal, the pedestrian, he earned They will never apparently be per-

Light Into Darkness None of this collecting of

ever; even Cecil's Bill does some educative good to those less fortunate people whose only experience of motoring has been gained from the footway or from the rear seats of vehicles driven by others.

Seeing that over two millions of the adult population possess driving licences, there cannot be so very many nowadays who know absolutely nothing of motoring, but there are legions-Lord Cecil scoma to be included who, after being driven thousands of miles,

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Champions Of Their "Rights”-

suaded out of walking on the dangerous side of their pavements, One recent Sunday evening I was but they will be inclined to stay being driven home from golf. At on them (when there are any) the signalled request of an ap-once they understand that the road- proaching car my friend, with way does not "belong" to them. greater courtesy than caution, switched off his headlamps. Luckily he was going very slowly,

The "Gradual Dimmer" Writing some weeks back on

so that a swift spin of the wheel the dazzle problem, incautiously made the near wing describe adeptored the supposed failure of curve that just circumnavigated lamp makers to supply a form of the outermost of three young men infinitely variable light, so that walking abreast.

we could suit the power of our lamps to the circumstances. There promptly came a reminder from the Lucas people that the "gradual headlight dimmer" had figured in their catalogue for some time.

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