MORE UNIFORMITY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 226, 23 September 1936, Page 10

MORE UNIFORMITY.

CLASSIFYING HIGHWAYS. TRUCK DRIVERS' CONFUSION. * (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday/ A suggestion that JJie Minister of Public Works, Mr. Seniple, should look carefully into the question of uniformity of classification of main highways was made by Mr. S. G. Holland (National, Chri'stchurch North) during The debate on the Public Works Statement in the House of Representatives to-night. Mr. Holland said that there was a great lack of uniformity at present, and a truck driver, when he set out on a trip, should be in a position to know whether he could reach his destination without contravening the regulations. He also suggested that the speed limits for motor trucks should be increased. The trucks, he said, were designed .to to motor car speeds, and for s"ucli vehicles to be forced to travel at only twelve to fifteen miles an hour interfered with eflicient traffic control. ■ The Minister of Public Works said it was impossible to have uniform classification of a.highway, because of differing geological formations of the country through which the road passed. A*great deal of experimental work.had to be done concerning highways, and he contended that the system of sealing now in use was the best they had had. The Main Highways Board had rendered a wonderful service, to the country, a.nd he desired to give it every credit.