"ELECTRIC" LEARNERS MAY DRIVE SOLO
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.D ha:TAT-IONS have been made by IX. the Minister of Transport relaxing the need for the holder of a. provisional driving licence to be accompanied by a qualified driver when driving an electric goods vehicle of not more than 16 cwt. unladen weight, provided that the vehicle is not constructed or adapted to carry more than one person.
. The regulations are known as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1957, and come into .effect on October I.
Under the Motor. Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2).Regulations; 1956 (Revocation) Regulations, 1957, learner-drivers taking out provisional licences on or after October I will again be required to be accompanied. by a qualified driver. . Drivers holding provisional licences in , force before October 1 may continue to drive
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unaccorripanied, provided that . they•
have held a provisional' licence for at least a month.
'WARNING: BY AUTHORITY , . • .
_flISCOURTEOUS carriers.who. fail to • folloW up applications to vary their licences, and ,put the taxpayers to unnecessary -expense, stand to lose their licences -altogether, declared Mr.
A.: T; Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority; at Middlesbrough, on Tuesday.. :
" He said he would not, however, cancel the B licence of J. Craster, a local pig breeder, who failed to appear to seek a variation to carry furniture and parcels within a 10-mile radius. The ease would be adjourned to enable Mr. Craster to give some evidence about the use to which his licence was now being put.