DANGEROUS WALKING
- TEST CASE PROBABLE :X Why pedestrians in small towns persist in walking on the bitumen; roadway when there are foptpathß available for them is a question that exercises the | minds of many motorists. This dangerous "jay-walking" is particularly notice-, able in Eastbourne and in Upper Hutt. A warning to such thoughtless pedestrians was-issued by the Mayor of. Eastbourne (Mr. S. ,F.; Fisher) at the meeting of the Eastbourne Borough Council last night. He said that motorists at Eastbourne1 had a .very difficult task in negotiating the bitumen, particularly in the morning and evening. People'walked all over the place and absolutely refused to move,. he said. Most of them were simply looking for trouble. The council had power to' prosecute such' people for.obstructing the traffic. ' Questioned by Councillor A. Walker as to the advisability of bringing a test | case, the ,Mayor said that probably that would be done... . . "
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 97, 21 October 1932, Page 4
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149DANGEROUS WALKING Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 97, 21 October 1932, Page 4
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