GERMAN REVELATIONS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 January 1926, Page 14

GERMAN REVELATIONS.

A British correspondent of an Auckland paper writes:— If the forecast of business at the autumn session of Parliament is correct, the Government is about to introduce:. Bill to deal with a few urgent matters, but lias, apparently, made up its mind that time cannot be given for a comprehensive measure. This piecemeal way of legislating will not find favour with motorists who, already, are asking why, with a Ministry of Trnnspo t established since 1919, it has not been practicable to codify the patchwork motor laws in one comprehensive statute. It is not that this-step would be too controversial to secure support. On the contrary the whole gamut has been run through by a committee representative of all interests, and the findings of this body are a complete basis on which to work. The Bill about to be introduced deals with the following four points:—(l) The creation of new licensing authorities, probably on a country basis. (2 ) The introduction of new restrictions on the issue of licenses to prevent them being obtained uy people suffering fro a serious disability. (3) More effective control of the construction of motor vehicles. (4) compulsory insurance or cars against third party risks in the interests of the public. Bays on Narrow Roads. In the search for some means out of the difficulty that arises when cars are stopped for adjustment on narrow roads with a consequent risk to other traffic, some surveyors in Britain are forming “bays” at intervals for the use of standing cars. Thus, though it may not be possible on the score of expense or topography to widen a whole road, the effect of its narrowness can lie mitigated in this way. On a busy road of restricted width, the stoppage of a single car for a mere quarter-hour will cause the traffic to bank up and produce in sequence all the conditions that go to make accidents. Level Crossing Signals. Under the auspices of the Touring Club of France experiments have recently been , made with a new method of signalling at ungated level crossings. The device provides means for givirg an audible signal, a gong during the day and a red light at night. This' light is caused to “blink” by the train at its approach, and becomes fixed red when the crossing is reached. The effort to find a practical signal is a serious one in France, whore appalling accidents are reported every month.