ROAD GUARDS.

Grey River Argus, 5 November 1928, Page 5

ROAD GUARDS.

To Replace Police. IN BRITISH MOTOR CONTROL. (•Received November 4 at 5.5 p.m.) k LONDON, November 3. The Dailv Express states that the Home Office is formulating a new scheme of traffic control, and is ollh l'. illg the police as traffic eontro! era It is forming instead a corps thousand Roadguards. Later they wil l,e increased to ten th°“sandcost will be borne partly by the State al „l T , ur t.ly by the local authorities. The Roadguards will consist clncjly of ex-soldiers, ex-sailors, and Cx -P men The motorists should benefit, as the guards will be stationed at many dangerous cross roads, where they will check the reckless motorists The police will also be relieved of the duty .of making an elaborate report on every trivial motor car accident, which is valueless except to the motoring insurance, companies.