BLOOD COUNT REMIT
The blood-alcohol legal limit should be reduced from the present 100 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, the Labour Party’s annual conference decided last night; but the conference did not recommend what the limit should be, reported the Press Association.
The conference rejected a remit calling for the introduction of random breath-testing, because the Government proposed to widen the powers of enforcement officers.
Delegates also rejected a proposal for drivers’ licences to carry photographs of the holders. The chairman of the conference’s transport commit- i tee (Mr R. L. Bailey) said that this would be’ tantamount to the introduction of identity cards. The conference supported a proposal to make the 50 m.p.h. speed limit permanent, and.asked the Government to intensify enforcement during the hours when most road accidents occurred. It also called on the Government to review the development of urban motorways, with a view to diverting resources towards the provision of a better public transport system.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33534, 15 May 1974, Page 2
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