SPEED LIMIT IN BRITAIN.
. London, March 25th. rhe Home Office nss in. j; suruct'ed .■Magistrates.;-to, i( >-.onviot;; motor speed offend*/ f ■era- even'.f o*M*i su^Lieat} exdj&B>jjKß\jtwhl3b .endanger , ■ ■ | nobody for the purpose of ensuring strict compliance , with the speed limit order to enable the authorities | to determine; the>yalue -of«the,^imit^ foro-reducina.acci»| dentssi-'';^-rt.;is cla limeb?--that i^f-the Courts ase,--disere- « tion in not convicting when danger is not incurred, '■ the experiment would-be valueless. , The.success of. s the experiment so far has surprised the critics, but . -j in the more' unrestrioted areas a -widely 'a ought ■'.en- ■;? forcement of the limit when the roads are deserted i»-| causing the strongest -coraplaintd.. .-, The fines-sp , •fai |. are tnostly 5/- or JO/ , > ,• ;' .. , ; • f-
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 73, 27 March 1935, Page 7
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114SPEED LIMIT IN BRITAIN. Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 73, 27 March 1935, Page 7
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