In the House of Lords on Thursday Lord Newton drew
attention to the attempt in London to persuade people to walk on the left. He said that forty local authorities in the London police area had joined in the attempt and he suggested that the Home Office should authorize the police to assist in bringing about the change of rule. Having regard to the great difficulty of inducing people to alter their habits he thought the attempt in London had so far yielded " results which were not un- satisfactory." It, may be so, but we are not ourselves con- vinced that there ever was a habit of walking on the right. No doubt most people if questioned on the subject would have answered that the rule was to walk on the right, but except in particularly busy thoroughfares it was impossible to notice that the rule was observed.
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