HIGHWAY SAFETY.
THE PEDESTRIAN’S PART. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 8. A system of safety zones for pedestrians as a means of preventing street accidents is to bo tested in London, and plans for the institution of special crossings in the most congested areas of the West End of London were issued las't night by the Minister of Transport (Major Oliver Stanley). Under the new Road Traffic Bill, which will be debated on the second reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the Minister is taking powers to require the institution of special crossings in the country generally and to make regulations which will provide for the imposition of penalties oil pedestrians who walk dangerously.
The plans put forward last night are experimental, and local authorities in London have been invited to collaborate with the Minister in testing them.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 111, 10 April 1934, Page 7
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