LONDON TRAFFIC

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 January 1927, Page 14

LONDON TRAFFIC

WONDERFUL iCONTROL Speaking of traffic in London, Mr. Gladstone Hill, of Hamilton, .just returned from abroad is enthusiastic over the control. Inter alia he told a Waikato Times representative: “In this connection it is interesting to note that there is no speed limit. The onus is on the driver. The same idea is in vogue also in Winnipeg, where an ex-Nelson boy, Jack Street, is Inspector Of Police. The idea at the back of London's now regulation is that a certain speed may be dangerous under one set of conditions, while perfectly safe under others. As an example, 25 miles an hour might be safe, while five miles an hour at the same place may be dangerous. It was “on’’ the driver, in case of an accident, to prove that he was going at a reasonable and safe speed. The police in London told Mr. Hill the by-law worked well. The knowledge of the onus being on the driver made one very careful, and as he had driven a good dc-al around London and the South of England, he had had personal experience, and was strongly in favour of the principle. ’ ’