Altogether it is a pretty muddle. Those of us who
used to persevere in walking on the right in spite of sundry attempts to force us from that constitutional position now hardly know what to do. Formerly, when we collided head-on with a walker who did not know the rule or who disregarded it„ we at least felt that we had custom, if not law, on our side. Now we feel that the other person may have been put in possession of that conviction. London is becoming almost like Rome where, it is said, in one part of the city the drivers keep to the left and in another part of the city to the right. Surely it was rash of the local authorities to chalk the new rule on thousands of pavements without being sure that the police would give them any help or that the Home Office approved. If the reform is desirable, as on the grounds of common sense we think it is, its acceptance may be delayed by the muddle.
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