DANGERS ON ROADS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 7

DANGERS ON ROADS.

■-•^ "■"■;■■" ■'■.: (To- the Editor of- the Herald.) .'. Sir,— Woulc" you allow me to>eall your attention fto : a few items which 1 consider detrimental -to '<J|fe r 'ahdr*limb, and of interest .to the . _jeneraj_ public.? Item 1, October. 26 -: One^ fixje* bent " crossing ithe 'l__g Bridge, which "I consider i-e---'quires. the attention pf (some^raptical engineer.' Nov. 9th — Another; smash-up with' a trap caused by the /.wheels', getting iii by, the metals, « which./ it, was ,. impossible to : get '-out. V^The^e^are-. jaofc the only-. .accidental caused by> the same fault, aim it certainly, requires, immediate attention: Item ' . No. '. 2 /:* ' No'veniber 15— Gig , collided'. Avifch- a; telegraph pole,- result two ladies .thrown but ; caused'by siding . bein|j. put -in 'by* l a tele•graph /pole." . Could the j; Government be* induced to shift/this pole, or:' would it be.; possible to shi£t the "-siding. .'Perhaps some- meiribers of;, the ICoUttty;-. C&uncil would be good enough- to' inspject^'ifeime, t a!ri.d.:they .will at .once" see -'tKe. iv ap-- set for -any horse : tc*!.- dai-t be*bw-ee*n ' fence* -and telegraph pole. The same driy parcels*! were * left: at'Swarthmoor '■' c6rrter ; the result >. was. that -two _* lad ifes were' thrown' frpm .« gig. into drain',-' . gig smashed completely, horse u seyeroly^ *cu*£' "*"ltem : Nov?"-' 177*~Pirewopd or* strainers- thrown • on ■ baiuV onr Spaniards' cuCtSnl?. 1 Be^ultj ;ii $e\v'-;' t^ri'o^-;'|jqu^ks/'.. At"', rbck" cutting "several ■": bales of wool thrown , about, loose on bank, on a very |f]l(arigierous .place ion roadi Now, I ■v^ould ' ask, are all these things legal, either, by public hjptly ,or private individuals ? I* think s : many r^tej*jaye*cs ■in . tlie ■country,,, are.-jtoy^ni'^s^ ' W allow their". wive*** and 'fanuijjes,; to- drive, quiet hw fies ; on ' P-blic roads without being subject to .risks, of ,the-ijkincl.. mentioned. — B ani, etc.^ OtCEtRVEI-*,