To the Editor of the font-Cinxa Dany News" nae Is fast and smooth for the only reason that strict and sensible trample rules have been devised and enforced for everybody, i.e. not only for the motorist, but just the same for the Pedestrion, cart-puller and bicyclist. In short, the public has been educated Si—So much has been written on fo observe rigid tremie discipline. parking regulations, "the rickshaw The same thing could easily be done problem and what mot, letters to the in Shanghai if our police would only Ralitor, editorials, letters to the Coun-wake up and gather the necessary cil and letters from the Council, yet believe that the only plain' and supply every policeman on duty energy. All that Is needed isto true word was that by the travelling two dozen bicycle patrolman with trame expert who said that our tref books each containing 100 receipts for fic was the worst all over the Far 10, cents to be collected on the spot East. for every breach of trafic regula The. Council was right in trying tions. Fine every pedestrian who is to do something to improve the caught jay-walking, walking on the chaotic conditions which prevail wrong side of the sttest, or crossing the business district, and so the streets except through green light at famous parking restrictions were in= traffic "Intersections. "Fine every vented. What do these restrictions hawker who obstructs trate, fine really mean? every coolie who pulls his siekshaw 1, 'That hundreds of ratepayers are or cart abreast another, does not deprived of their parking. spaces keep to the curb or overtakes other offcias who donot need to worry rickshaws without first looking back about parking space for' their" own to see what Is coming from behind.
arg because the Council provides It Fine every bicyclist who meanders fat our expense, across the roads, darts In and out of '20 That Just those ratepayers. will suffering who run cars nal, for alleyways, oF flashes through the red their fun but because they are busy ight. 'Thig may sound hard on the mon, the men who keep things gain poor people but 1 believe that the oerer the man the more careful he '3, That' in, this. year of progress will be as soon as he realizes that 1906, our ficient officials could the Council means business this time, thin of, no other way. to alleviate and that being coreless means losing congested title conditions. but curb motoring, a fact which Is. too Fdleulous for, word 4 Why did molerists? Because It the. castest ame discipline that is necessary.
My car costs me over $100 a month, the greater part of which amount remains in Shanghai, Not counting my share in the office tax, T pay to the Council $30 for house tox and motor car license fee every month. A short description of my way to the foflee which T drive four times a day will show what T get for my money: money. If there is one thing taken seriously in Shanghai then money, and 1 bet my shirt that the dumbest coolie who just arrived from Ningpo more far will know the most complicated Shanghai trafic rules by heart as soon as this scheme started, Naturally the 10 cents tickets should bear numbers so that they sise could bbe used as a receipt for a hat or coat in case Lao Liu should be short of cash. "Generally he will prefer find the cash and so to save himself the walk to Police Headquarters in order to get his precious garment If the police also organizes Great Western Road is a, beautiful boulevard, Tt La almost wide enough to permit two motor-cars to. travel abreast in each direction. It is, however, so badly made that repale gangs continually have to paten It up in some places thereby block-check on their men and. will always know which are good salesman and which are not or even prefer to take 5 cents without a ticket, It goes without saying that this ticket business would not only carry ing trame, Then from the beginning own expenses, but would even to the end it is filed with bunches of rickshaws going abreast, coolie yield a nice surplus which might help for improving "and wi carts and bicycle artists, all spread Fouds. The Council would be sur-fo the centre of the road, just prised to find how much room there part where the fast motor is even in the Central district with trae Is supposed to "ow." or without parking restrictions, and am not informed on the details why trafic accidents will suddenly be of that deal, but it is a fact that part 30 much reduced. of the Hardoon estate was "sacrificed a good thoroughfare to Tam not very optimistic that our A new artery has authorities will so suddenly cease to be "conservative" and wil try this oF From Avenue Edward Vil. Welha any other "new fashioned" scheme. Getting down on the motorist is so Road much easier, One must not forget Shieh "everywhere. jut 0 Sisleh "everywhere, ut out int that our most efficient Police have Traffic and just Invite accidents. ha hot even been able to stop the "look see racket.
Femained.. Old ser Fables, garages, gates, front But picking on the motorist is only dha sale. wooden sop bun so easy because most of our motorists they are all ap pieces protected by eanes that they cannot fare just as "conservative." 'They would rather pay any exaggerated Possibly. be' removed, This. ts better parking fees instead of joining the ortho. Asst part of, Race "Course Automobile Club and seeing that they Food i¢ the. sudden freedom would re protected, 'The obvious thing 0 Hot incite all slekshaw cools and do is to try to make this club strong Blevellsisto spread all over the road. fand nective and to enable it to have a 'Tu my car' store. bumping very definite say in these matters as Texas Broneho. which: meant that 1 five. teached the end of Mace very glad that the Club now not only the case in other counties.
Chrse "oad, the famous "Bette restricts Its activities to country roads Neck" On the lett, apparently, not and luggage tratlers but also takes nich can be spared from the Race an Interest in our local trafic condi cure, On the tight. a Tong row of tions which disgust me four times a Sid"houwes with: dubious" contents day' on three hundred days a year. Mot to mention that famous dav {none wall for "unwanted babes 1 have been told that not Loog 340
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