To the Editor of the '"Norra-Cuma Dany News" the rickshaw pullers possess a sul- fay lent amount of knowledge of con: nct on the road before he gets the license? Lest I be accused of starting new racket for the Police Depart ment, Twill hastily add that what 1 have' in mind is that the Municipal Council or the Police Departmer should establish in the different outly~ Ing sections of the Settlement a rickshaw centre where trafic rules} fand regulations are demonstrated the rickshaw pullers. When there is riy amendment to these rules, the demonstrators should be notified, and Through them the rickshaw coolies can be. informed. What steps does the Police Department at present take to insure that the rickshaw coolies will get such knowledge? I am afraid. ho, And the poor rickshaw men are sacrificed for this negligence. Let us take a concrete example. " Suppose the Municipal Council decides to use the Hankow Road as a one-way street uring certain hours of the day. An} order to that effect is issued both tu] English and Chinese. Do you suppose that an order of this important ature will ever reach the ten thousand rickshaw coolies in the Settlement on the morning when it beermes effective? No, probably not Jone out of a hundred has any idea of What it is all about. Do you think the policemen will take the trouble tell them when they are caught un-fa wares ina traffic jam? No, they} just start beating them up or take off their licenses, Probably not until th? six thousandth rickshaw man is) rant brutality; but it will redound much more to the credit of the Do-partment, if it can take disciplinary Action of its employees without any Ouiside interference. Meanwhile, steps should be taken to educate the rickshaw coolies in the important elements of traMlc rules and regulations so as to make it safer and happier for all users of the roads.
Bowano ¥. K. Kwore, Shanghai, Feb. 1.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.