20 MARCH 1926, Page 16

REAR LIGHTS ON CYCLES

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—In your issue of March 18th appears the remark : " I wonder how many accidents occur in Great Britain every year because the law does not compel cyclists to carry a rear light." This, I think, is a slip of the pen. The writer surely meant to say : " I wonder how many accidents occur, particularly to pedestrians, because the law is apparently powerless to prevent motorists driving so fast at night that that cannot stop within the range of their vision."—I am, ' Cyclists' Touring Club, 280 Euston Road, London, N.W.14