THE TOLL OF THE ROADS
[To the Editor of the Smer.vron.]
Stn,—It is remarkable that a gentleman with so much motoring experience as Mr. J. H. Pardoe claims to possess should class " a cyclist without a rear light " as an " unex- pected happening." My own observation would lend me to regard a cyclist with a rear light as much less to be expected. After all, the regulation requiring cyclists to carry live rear lights is attributable to " D.O.R.A.," and was no doubt necessary in view of the severe curtailment of motor headlights during the period of the War. After the War, when motorists were once more permitted to use headlights of sufficient power to enable theta to see where they were going, the necessity for the cyclist's live rear light disappeared, and the regulation was withdrawn. Cyclists are now required by law to carry a red rear reflector of a standard of efficiency prescribed by regula- r ions, and in my experience this is almost invariably observed. In any event, the police have authority to deal with any cases of non-compliance. It should be remembered, however, that the regulation applies only to the hours of darkness during which headlights (or front lights) are required to be illuminated, and is not applicable to a bicycle used only in daylight hours.
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