The humbler residents of the French Concession—those who do not possess their own motor cars—are not in the least' gratified by the traffic regulations applying to Nanking Road, those which prevent one car from passing another proceeding in the same direction. The reason is not that they dislike this regulation, in fact it appeals to them as being altogether admire able, but they complain of its sheer efficiency. It has put a stop to road-hogging in Nanking Road and also to a very great extent in Bubbling Well Road, but has transferred the practice to another locality. A certain type of motorist, apparently, must -have some place on which to hog, and Avenue Edward VII and Avenue Joffre have now acquired an an-precedented popularity. There, our informant tells us, the amount of hogging on the part of motors is appalling, for instance just after noon and before 2 p.m., and among the scenes he describes are some which suggest a mad race and not an orderly progression to or from office. Such a result could hardly have been anticipated when che Nanking Road regulation was introduced, but its good points are so many that, unless the offending motorists mend their ways, they might be considered by the authorities as being equally necessary for one or two additional thoroughfares.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.