Differences in Law.
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Once again the attention of drivers who travel between England and Scotland is drawn to the fact that the laws applying to road traffic differ considerably in each country, and that on very essential points. For example, according to the decisions of Scottish judges, vehicles from a side road or from a private road shall give way to those coming along the highway, but in England no such obligation is imposed, all drivers being simply "bound to take reasonable care" on coming to a junction. In some towns to the north of the Border— among others Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth—there are by-laws which definitely prescribe that where a tramcar is stationary for the purpose of setting dawn or taking up passengers, motorists intending to pass on the left-hand side of the road must draw up. Such a regulation does not exist in any English city or borough.