NEW HIGHWAY CODE FOR BRITAIN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1935, Page 5

NEW HIGHWAY CODE FOR BRITAIN.

BIG REDUCTION IN ACCIDENTS (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) (British Official Wireless.) Eeceived Sunday, 9.50 p.m. EUGBY, May 24. •In the House of Commons the new Highway Cod2, which in many re•spects modifies in the light of recent experience that of 1931, was approved. The Transport Minister (Mr Hore Belisha) said a copy of the new code, which lays down rules for conduct of ail road users, including pedestrians, would be delivered free to every household or in the country. If the code was observed there would certainly be a reduction in road accidents. Measures already taken, said Mr Belisha, had together with the growing traffic consciousness of the community, produced very good results. During the current year there had been a considerable reduction in road accidents despite the phenomenal increasa in the number of vehicles using the roads. In London the reduction in fatalities in the last nine weeks was no less than 30 per cent., and in injuries 15 per cent., while the increase in the number of vehicles licensed was over 12 per cent. The code was, he added, an effort to contribute to the public safety and embodied suggestions made from every quarter.