ROAD DEATHS
TOLL IN BRITAIN. TRANSPORT MINISTER’S DRAMA SUPPORT FOR BILL. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received April 11, 10.50 a.m. RUGBY, April 10.
An unusual and striking opening to a Parliamentary speech was employed by the Transport Minister when moving the second reading of the Road Traffic Bill. “I wonder whether it is realised,” said Major Stanley, looking up at the clock, “that it is now 3.30 and that by 11 to-night, on the basis of the law of averages, 180 people will have been injured ou the roads of this country I” The House of Commons, he said, was alive to the gravity of the traffio problems, although opinions differed as to the most effective methods of reducing the casualty toll. He argued in favour of the main features of the Bill, which involve drastic changes in the law and provide, inter alia, a speed limit of 30 miles an hour in built-up areas, tests for new drivers, the establishment of pedestrian crossings, and amendments regarding compulsory insurance.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 112, 11 April 1934, Page 7
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