ROAD TRAFFIC BILL.
CONCESSION TO POLICE. SPEED NECESSARY IN WORK. (Received March 23, 5.35 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY, March 22. The House of Commons in Committee agreed to a clause in the Road Traffic Bill to abolish the speed limit for private motor-cars and motor-cycles. Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minister of Transport, said the effect of the clause would be to make the stationary policeman out-of-date. The time had arrived when the police authorities ought to consider the organisation of a limited number of mobile police, either in motor-cars or on motor-cycles. They must be free to travel at a considerable speed in order to catch motorists who were driving recklessly or dangerously. , It is understood that the police authorities have already begun to consider plans for carrying out the Minister's recommendation if the bill becomes law.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20521, 24 March 1930, Page 9
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136ROAD TRAFFIC BILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20521, 24 March 1930, Page 9
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