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In Parliament
NO SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR MAIL-VAN DRIVERS.
AMONG questions asked in the House of Commons, one of considerable interest was put by Capt. Strickland, a leading member of the Road Transport Committee. He drew attention to a case, at Warwick, against the driver of a mail-van for exceeding the speed lirdt, and to the action of the Warwickshire constabulary in stopping the van by plain-clothes officers, whodisplayed a " stop, police noticei on ...their car. As the magistrates had unanimously regarded this as a grave indiscretion and as' a protest had been made on behalf of the Postinaster-General against the method employed, Captain Strickland asked whether the Horne Secretary proposed to call the. attention. of all police authorities to the danger, of any such method of attempting to stop motor vehicles in general. By OUT Special Parliamentary Correspondent The Under Secretary to the Home Office (Mr. Lloyd) said that it was not denied that the speed of the mail-van exceeded 30 m.p.h. and that it was not an offence for a driver to fail to stop on tha signal of a constable if he was not in uniform.. If he did Stop, however, it was .the, duty of the constable to produce his warrant card. This was done by the police constable. concerned on this occasion.
The Postmaster-General had informed him that he did not condone breaches of the law by Post Office servants. There was no evidence of ill-disposed persons using police signs to stop vehicles on the road for improper or criminal purposes and, therefore, he could not interfere with the
discretion of chief officers of police or issue any advice to them on the lines suggested in the last part of the question.,
POLARIZED LAMP REGULATIONS?
REPLYING to Mr. Touche, who asked if he would make 'a statement regarding the possibility of eliminating headlight dazzle by means of polarized lamps, Mr. Hore-Belisha said he was aware of recent developments, with which his technical officers were in touch, but it would be premature for him to make any official statement.
PREVENTING UNFAIR PRACTICES,
THE Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry . of Transport, Capt. Hudson, informed Mr. W. Thorne that individual cases under the Road Traffic Act, 1930, which came before the Courts, were not reported to the Ministry, but, if particulars of any instances of alleged penalization, .following upon such cases, were sent to the Minister, he would be happy to forward them to the responsible licensing authorities, who, he was sure, appreciated the -need to prevent, so far as they could, unfair practices.