ROAD DANGERS
POSITION IN BRITAIN PROPOSED LEGISLATION (F.lec. Tel. Copyrighi United Press Assn.) (Australian Press Assn.- -United Service.) (Received Dec. 13, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Dee. UJ. In the House nf Lords Viscount Cecil moved the second reading of the Road Vehicles I Mil, the object of which is to reduce Hie number of Occidents, ft provides that driving licenses shall only be granted after an examination as to skill and physical fitness, and compels drivers to insure against third-party risks. Licenses will be suspended automalically in lie event of a conviction for dangerous or incompetent driving. Lord Cecil described the present position as incredibly serious. Five thousand persons were killed and 250,000 injured y arly in road accidents. Road dangers were an outrage to humanity anil » disgrace lo civilisation.
Lord Dciimnn, in moving the rejection of the Bill, agreed with the necessity of stiffening the law, but said motoring bodies held that the Bill would increase the number nf accidents.
Lord Londonderry, on behalf of the Government, said everyone agreed thai a motor Bill was necessary, but regulations must he sympathetic and must not hinder a young and flourishing industry. A Royal Commission was considering Lord Cecil's points, and if was undesirable to legislate until il had reported.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16826, 13 December 1928, Page 8
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