New Regulations Criticized
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AMENDMENTS to certain new regulations have been suggested by A.R.O. Under the Public Service Vehicles (Equipment and Use) (Amendment) Provisional Regulations, 1936, the Minister of Transport proposes to permit not more than four adult attendants to he carried on a double-deck vehicle when it is used to transport children, any three of whom are reckoned, for the purpose of the regulation, as two passengers. In the case of single-deck vehicles, the maximum number of adults remains at two.
The concession with regard to the carriage of Children applies to those up to the age of 14 years, but a child who attains the age of 15 years during the school term shall not be deemed to be more than 14 years of age during the continuance of that term.
A.R.O. is pressing for not fewer than two adult attendants on a contract carriage, instead of not more than two.
The Association has a number of criticisms to offer of the draft Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1936.
Some clearer, definition of safety glass is required, indicating, that it means glass of such construction and quality (and having undergone the same treatment as a specimen certified by the National Physical Laboratory) as will prevent breaking into fragments capable of causing severe cuts.
A maximum overall length of 30 ft. for all public service vehicles is urged.
Police officers should not be permitted to test brakes, silencers or steering gear, as proposed. This work should be entrusted only to qualified persons.
The Association is opposed to the compulsory fitting of speedometers to public service vehicles. As it is an offence to offer for sale, or supply, a motor vehicle, the use of which, in its present condition, is illegal, this principle should, in the Association's view, be extended to the supply or fitting of speedometers, A.R.O. criticizes the accuracy of instruments of this type.
If the Minister considers that speedometers are essential on all vehicles, there should be a clear definition of a speedometer or instrument for recording speed, and it should be of a type constructed and approved under official mgis, in collaboration with some technical body, such as the N.P.L.