The Archive · 1926

Vanity of Chinese Motorists

'A Passion for Many Coloured Lights: Twelve Lamps on One Car In H, M, Police Court, on Monday, before Mr. G, Chow Ching-cliner il charged - with a breach of the traffic regulations by having a green light on his moter ear. 'The defendant' admitted using the light, but said he was*not aware that it was fence, 'The Magistrate—Don't you knot the regulations'

T have read them, but I did not know of this until the police told me.

The Magistrate—The regulations state that green lights must not he used except by the Fire Brigade.

Defendant said lots of cars had them, The Magistrate—Is it vanity, do they have them as mascots?

Inspector Eva—The defendant la quite right. We have had a large number of cases in the Mixed Court. 'We had one man with 12 lights on huis car. He had one on each mudguard, a searchlight, red and green sidelights, head lights, ete, The Magistrate entered a' conviction with a warning and said the defendant had better tell all is friends to remove their coloured lights.

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