JAY WALKING
(To tln> Editor of the Herald.) Sir, —Owing to the number of persons- injured on our roads and streets, 1 think it is high time the authorities I:looked into the -matter. The cause of a great number of accidents is undoubtedly attributable to pedestrians crossing -the streets at an angle and nut to the unskilful driving of motor vehicles. Gisborne is known to bo the Worst: town in the Dominion for this practice, and at busy times is a veritable nightmare for visiting motorists to drive along our main streets. There are laws and bv-laws restricting tin- drivers of vehicles, but apparently none to regulate- the pedestrian, who can, loiter or meander anywhere on the vehicular part of the roads or streets. I would suggest that our Borough Council, should mark crossings on, the main street from the bridge to Grey street, and frame a by-law making At an offence for any person to cross the streets other than at the prescribed pieces. In some towns ft fine not exceeding £5 is imposed for such an offence, which shows how necessary the controlling of pedestrian traffic is. Our inhabitants would very soon fall into line and Gisborne would be a safer place for all.--Yours, etc., anti; j, walker.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 10 November 1934, Page 15
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210JAY WALKING Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 10 November 1934, Page 15
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