Bicycle used by the Road Safety Council of Queensland

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The Menace Of Push Bicycles

Ensuring Safety of Riders

The phenomenal growth in the use of push bicycles which has taken place during the last few years not only in Brisbane streets, but in almost every country area has made it imperative, says the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, that the regulations regarding the carrying of a headlight and the fitting of a rear reflector must be more rigidly enforced. The club has no desire to see users of push bicycles put to the expense of paying a registration fee and fitting a number plate but asserts quite definitely that the safety of the roads demands that some action be taken to remove the present danger.

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Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser,
9 January 1939

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