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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 13

A motorist who docs a considerable amount of night driving over country roads in the Gisborne district reports that the menace from'straying stock- is ono which is very real. .During the- past two weeks, on' practically every buck road over which ho lias travelled lie has encountered animals reposing on the road. The main thoroughfares are particularly clear, but it is on the country side-roads that the danger lies and it is on these roads, free from traffic, that a motorist is inclined to feel a little less alert, with the result- that stock are liable to cause an accident. He admits that in view of the many miles of secondary roads in the counties surrounding Gisborne the problem of keeping the roads free from stock is a really difficult one, but for the safety of travellers, owners of stock should take greater caro to keep them oil' the roads. lie classes the straying stock problem as a menace running a close second to that of the intoxicated motorist, who at present is being dealt with in no uncertain manner, and he maintains tbat safety will not be assured motorists until the problem is. tackled in a similarly energetic manner,