Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYasked the Home Secretary whether numbers of ponies are being killed by reckless and callous motorists on the roads of the New Forest; and what steps he proposes to take to put a stop to this reckless driving, which threatens the means of livelihood of many poor people, and the existence of an ancient and valuable breed of forest pony?
§ Mr. SHORTTReckless driving can be dealt with under the Motor Car Act, but from inquiries I have made it appears that some of the accidents to animals are caused by slow-moving vehicles, through the animal running across the road in front of a car when it is too late to avoid a collision. The prevention of such accidents on these unfenced roads is a matter of difficulty, but the police authority are, I understand, giving the matter special attention.