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Proposing the toast, " The Motor Trade," at the annual dinner of the South Wales and Monmouthshire division ,af the Motor Agents' Association, the Chief Constable of Cardiff (Mr. J. A. Wilson), referred to the expense incurred by local authorities and ratepayers in maintaining constables for point duty and the special direction of motor traffic and other transport. The bulk of this work, however, arose from the prevalence of mechanical transport vehicles, and the speaker suggeated that it was time the Ministry of Transport allocated part of the revenue derived from motor vehicle taxation to local authorities for the maintenance of trafficdirecting constables at important points and thus partially relieve the councils of the expense involved.
Dealing with the 416 accidents in Cardiff in Which motor traffic was involved in 1923, the Chief Constable contended that some responsibility for the public safety devolved upon the motor manufacturer and trader? and that this must be a consideration m the making and sale of vehicles.