New Traffic Bill to Deal with Lights T HE Government intends
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to promote a comprehensive Road Traffic Bill which will deal with a number of matters requiring attention, such as rear lighting of vehicles: This information was given in the House of Commons, last week, by Mr. Gurney Braithwaite, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport.
The House was discussing the Expiring _Laws Continuance Bill, one of the provisions of which dealt with the 30 m.p.h. speed limit in built-up areas. This restriction has to be approved every 12 months. Mr. Braithwaite added that the new Bill would also seek authority to make it permanent.
PRIME MINISTER DOES NOT KNOW
EVEN the Prime Minister did not Le, appreciate what the C-licence operator really was or what he did, said Col. A. Jerrett, president of the Traders' Road Transport Association, at the annual dinner of the Wolverhampton Area, last week. Ancillary operators played no part in nationalization and were the last people who should suffer from the imposition of the levy.
This was a lax which -would be used to benefit one section of the transport industry at the cost of another. It was entirely wrong in principle and could be kept in force by successive Governments.
A much greater proportion of the total revenue paid by road users in duty should be spent on building roads to reduce accidents. The improper use of head lights was another common cause of accidents and the T.R.T.A. was attempting to clarify the regulations so that the police would be in a better position to tackle the problem.
Mr. A. W. Nash, sales manager of Tarmac. Ltd. stated that C-licensees should not be regarded as competitors with the nationalized industry. Out of 826,598 vehicles owned by traders, only 6 per cent. was over 3 tons unladen weight.
SALES TROPHY WON AGAIN roR the second year in succession, W. J. Wood and Son, Ltd., Westcliffon-Sea, has won the cup presented by Auto Tyre Services, Ltd., for the greatest volume of sales of Blue Peter retreaded tyres. It was gained in competition with about 200 rivals and was presented at a dinner at Westcliff-onSea, last week.
Explaining some of the difficulties facing tyre retreaders, Mr. W. G. W. Bird, managing director of Auto Tyre Services, Ltd., said that his company retreaded 250 sizes of tyre and did not know from day to day what input to expect.