To the Editor of the Norru-Cutsa Dany News.
Su,—Will you allow a cyclist " word of protest against the officious behaviour of some of the (probably new) Sikhs in the Police force. Since the engagement of the "experienced Inspector of Trafic" some of the Sikhs consider themselves bound to yell and gesticulate at the cyclist no matter how and where he wheels his machine. Yesterday, when No. 165 was posted in the middle of Nanking Road, a riesha going to the Bund passed unchallenged between him and the Hotel, but the cyclist going in the opposite direction was yelled at. The Sikh jumped in front of the wheel and nearly brought himself and the rider to grief. In fact a serious accident was avoided only by the slow speed of the machi The cyclist was on the wrong si of the Sikh, but the road was clear, and the ricsha blocked the other si and was not yelled at. In this case the Sikh was theoretically in the right, bub when he screams at cyclists "get over ther while they are distinctly on the left side of the road, he is surely overdoing matters. Regulating the Traffic is all very well, but if cyclists are to ba classed with' wheelbarrows it is hie', time somebody protested. In the 17.9% Court case the Jude remarked thr', {vag the first bicycle case brought coe him, which shows that the She pert isto belong mostly to the rer "08 the community. IE th, (709 has no rights Fe" voetable class of "sot taxed, then tax it, the cyclist like a wheelbarrow-coolie, In fact the cyclist is a very harmless me auber here and the police might leave hire better a nlone and employ themselves to S01" 4g over Garden-bridge three abreast, or advantage by peecenling ricshas riber and dust-carts blocking Seward Road by the hour, Que never hears of a Eu-gree cyclists needlessly, and it is to be hope ropean officer or the older Sikhs annoying that No. 165 and'his kind will eventually be able to understand that cyclist must "middle of be a ven a little allowance, as he is obliged be given alto pick his way against great odds. In case of collision he is bound to come ''off' worst, he may probably damage himself and his expensive machine, while he could not possibly hurt either carriage or ricksha.
Tenclose my card and am, etc., Owe or Many.
23rd March.
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