International Code May Change Law
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A6TEP that, if ratified, may mean changes in the law relating to the construction and use of vehicles in Britain was taken in•Geneva, last week, when Lord Reading, along with representatives of nine other countries, signed the general agreement and set of rules drafted by.the inland transport sub-committee of the Economic Commission for Europe.
Among the elaborate code of rules and regulations laid down there is understood to be one requiring vehicles to display the maximum permitted load as well as gross laden and unladen weights—one which, incidentally, was fought against by British interests.
' One article forbids the use of trailers for carrying passengers unless otherwise stipulated in agreements between the countries concerned, and another prohibits the display outside a vehicle of advertising matter not connected with the operator's business.
Conditions of employment are contained in an annex prepared with the co-operation of the International Labour Office.
The agreement, which aims at rationalizing international road transport' in Europe, must be ratified by not fewer than five countries.