To the Editor of the "Norra-Cama Dairy News."
Sir,—"Regulations are made to be obeyed."
Municipal Notification No. 3108 (which has appeared in. the public press for some time) contains, amongst other Traffic Regulations, the following No. 36a. Any vehicle carrying a load, which extends more than two fect beyond its overall length, in-eluding the body or other structure Any vehicle so loaded shall carry between sunrise and sunset, a red flag, at least one foot by one foot in size, at the extreme rear end of the load; to be replaced be. tween sunset and sunrise by a lighted lamp showing a red light clearly visible within a reasonable distance from behind and from either side.
The first paragraph of the notification states that this Regulation No. 36 will be enforced from February 1.
From personal observation fron February 2 up to date, this Regulation is being completely ignored. For the first few days up to the 6th instant, hand-carts transporting 50 feet tram. lines have been proceeding east along Yangtszepoo Road without flags; also, handcarts proceeding west have been carting timber of about the same length, also without flags.
Also almost amy evening after sunset, when quite dark, dozens of empty handcarts can be seen hurry: ing east in the same district without lights of any kind to notify their presence, and almost always in the line of the fast traffic, and the police take not a particle of notice; it appears to me like courting disaster.
Daily, we see foreign drivers or owners of motor-cars appearing in Court for slight breaches of the Regulations re parking of cars, by staying a few minutes too long in one place; surely their defaults are infinitesimal compared to the breaches of the Regulations that I am drawing attention. to.
I am, ete, Frepx. Davies. Woosung Forts, Feb. 7, 1993.
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