The selfish practice of some drivers Ju passing a queue of vehicles Waite ing for the trafic lights is another danger. This can. be seen Ave. Edward VIT during.
hour. It would never. be tolerated in any properly controlled tale system. Here again, half the oad is under the Municipal Police and halt' under the French, but 1 refuse 10 believe that, if these two authorities can work so harmoniously together in other matters, they ean-hol in putting an end to such favourable condition Inmagine that you all know Race Course Toad which extends round the south side of the Race Course. The whole object of the width given is defeated, as the sides of this rond have a slightly rough surface. Quite naturally every hand cart, rickshaw and bicycle nds its way on to the middle or smooth part, because the going Is so much easier, "T suggested fo "a friend of mine in the P.W.D. that the obvious thing was. to. construct the sides of the roads with a smooth surface, and the middle with a rougher one. This would at once divert the hand vehicles to the side fand would leave non-skid roadway in the middle for motor cars. The answer 1 got was that the iron tyrex fof the hand carts chipped " smooth surface, and that, once chipped, a his, whole very soon developed." That was why the side lanes were finished with 4 roughened surface. It seems to me atthe answer to this une' ix for the Council to give notice that, as from say January 1, 1940, no. iron tyred hand carts will be licensed, but keep to the sides. fof breaches of ions. pedestrians should be introduced and enforced tier a sufficient period has tapsed to Permit of steps being taken pb. the matter Similar. regulations "exist mother fcomtries, aid in view of the serious
result of present congestion, the increnge in trae oockents the ulations and. controling of pedesrian trate fy Shanghai hose become pressing. neces
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