'A. subject of considerable concern pedestrians walking along the Bund ig the reckless manner in which motor ears suddenly appear from the passageways between various. bulld~ Ings, and with little or no. warning Join' the trae stream. Owing.to the' particular character of Bund architecture whereby trae from, passageways and alleyways on Shanghai's most important thoroughfare Is discharged not into side streets but immediately into the main road! a hazard has been created in, which 4 pedestrian Is as lable to be knocked over on the pavem on the Yond. One of the busiest spots is the Central Bank' compound. where' there 1s a constant stream of motor (ruck and cars but an efficient sys tom of watchman and trafic ofoers handles affairs very well in spite of the fact that some of the largest and heaviest vehicles Jin use in Shanghai typified by the bullion trucks, are constantly going in and out.' The same statement, however, cannot be applied to other paris of the Bund Where the pedestrian must proceed With extreme caution owing to frequent acts of carelessness on the part of chauffeurs who appear with bewildering suddenness out of pas sayewnys with rarely a toot on the horn, or, at the most, a belated Warning necessitating the greatest agility on the part of the pedestrian avoid walking straight Into a motor car. The fact that there are so few accidents is a tribute ta the nimbleness of the pedestrian—not to the consideration of chauffeurs of transgressing cars,
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