TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
BILL IN THE COMMONS DRASTIC CHANGES IN LAW (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 10th April. An unusual and striking opening to his parliamentary speech was employed by tlie Transport Minister in moving the second reading of the Road Traffic Bill. “I wonder whether it is realised/’ said Major Stanley, looking up at the clock, “that ft is now 3.30 and that by 11 tonight on the basis of the law of averages, 180 people will have been injured on the roads of this country.” The House of Commons, lie said, was alive to the gravity of the traffic 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 involved 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 insurances.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 11 April 1934, Page 5
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