MOTOR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18498, 20 February 1930, Page 9

MOTOR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

Labour’s New Proposals.

TRANSPORT BILL DISCUSSED.

(United Press Association—By- Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received February 19, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, February 18. In the House of Commons, Mr Herbert Morrison, Minister of Transport, in moving the second reading of the Traffic Bill, described the road regulations as out-of-date. The existing speed limit was universally ignored, and the arbitratory limit for motor-cars, in all circumstances, was Unreasonable and indefensible, and enforcement was not supported by public opinion. While it could not be assumed that accidents would diminish, the Minister was of opinion that the majority of motorists were considerate to other road users. But in the case of the minority, the law must be stiffened up, and the police empowered to take the fullest steps to secure observance. He thought the Ministry had worked out a practical scheme of compulsory insurance, giving the least inconvenience to the insurance companies. Sir Wilfred Ashley (former Minister of Transport) declared that he was almost appalled by the penalties that were to be enforced. Motorists transgressing the law would be liable to a fine of £2O for the first offence, £SO or three months’ gaol for the second offence. If they forgot to renew their drivers’ licenses or drove the wrong way in a one-way street, these might be revised. The second reading was carried on the voices.