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Marc l\ 1 6 | + «iss h4 dags NO BAN ON HITCH--HIKING; | 3 ; RY EXPLAINS ROAD BILL Signals Must Be Made From Side of Highway in Order to Eliminate Accidents se miiain on acarcoeenoucmaienitaiant t meaianraaeBeece en The Ontario Government is placing | machine. It is at elimination of such uo ban on hitch--hiking, and Premier | accidents--at the abolition of such George S. Henry made that point per-- | traffic interference, so to speak--that fectly plain over the week--end. Mr. Henry's new amendment to the People will be able, as before, to | act primarily and almost completely i.glxcit ridesh from mot,grists on the | aims. ing's highways of the Province. Henry Explains: Misinterpretation by the Mail and Prf;nvlerw elr:j,v o';:oremthink of stop-- Empire of Mr. Henry's new Highway | ; e wOould P * ; "I'ramc Act am>ndment has created | Ping everybody from asking for rides, the _ impression _ that _ any _ one | MT., . Henty stated, _ "than . we |a,sking & liff in --future--farm.--| Would think of stopping a | mo-- er, gas--stalled driver, hiking Boy | torist from offering a, lift to a Scout or old lady--would be penalized | WCarY foot traveller. All we ask in f for his or her action. Such a situ--| future is that, as a further safety 'ation is as far removed from the| measure, a person signalling for a iactual meaning of the new legislation, lift shall do it from the shoulder of {and from Mr. Henry's own point of|the road--or, even better, from the view, as one pole is from another, and | side of the highway--so that, if turned | the Prime Minister has asked that the | down, he won't, by his nearness, en-- matter be clarified. cumbersthe progress of the car." Must Signal From Side. Warningy Is Issued . __| Henceforth, hitch--hikers, profes--| The Premier stated that his de-- |sional or amateur, can beg rides, but partment hoped, in time, to dissuade | they must get off the driving portion ists 1 h ti f pickin | of the higiway to signal--in other motorists from the practice of pIcking words. do their hand--waving from the up questionable individuals, and that t side of the road, and not from the the new legislation would have some actual Favement., as has been the | Cfhect in this fd'i'rect_ionfi Lc€ es ; habit of many of them in the past. For myself," said he, 'I wouldn't |. Frequent accidents, according to pick up any one after dark, and I see Highways Department records, have & lot of fel_lows on the_ road that | occurred because of the tendency of| I wouldn't give a lift to in the day-- | pedestrians to suddenly signal cars| time. But, of course, the onus in from the middle of the highway, with | giving a ride to anyone rests entirely occasional serious consequences to the | with the motorist. He can either |: signaller, but, more often, with re-- turn down a request or grant it; keep'- | sultant damages to the motorist'sl on going, or stop. It's up to him." |: