NEW TRAFFIC RULES
SPEED LIMIT IN BRITAIN. SUCCESS OF INNOVATION. British Wireless. Rugby, March 20. The speed limit of 20 miles an hour for motor vehicles on streets and roads traversing the built-up areas is officially considered to be working smoothly. The Transport Minister yesterday expressed satisfaction at the response from motorists to the appeal for co-operation in enforcing the limit. A further innovation in the campaign for reducing traffic casualties at London was introduced yesterday when guard rails to prevent uncontrolled crossing of the street by pedestrians were introduced at a dangerous road junction in Camden Town. The object of the rails is .to encourage pedestrians to use- the safety lanes when crossing the roadway. The Minister of Transport, Mr. S. Hore-Belisha, stated in reply to a Parliamentary question that as a result of the enforcement of the 30-mile per hour speed limit, traffic generally was moving at a more uniform rate and its average speed was little, if any, lower than before.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1935, Page 5
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