• Uniform Bus Signs Not Wanted
Page 26
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
B'S-STOP signs should not, the Public Transport Association believe, be standardized throughout the country. They have pin this view to the Minister of Transport, who, in the draft Traffic Signs (Size, Colour and Type) Regulations and General Directions, proposed that they should be uniform.
The Association have expressed their concern that there was no prior consultation with the industry on this point, particularly as in 1944 a Departmental Committee advised against standardization. The expense of converting many signs was stressed, also the point that bus stops were intended primarily for the pedestrian, and not the motorist.
The P.T.A. think that the height of low bridges should be marked on the bridges themselves, as warning notices placed 100 yd. ahead are not effective in preventing accidents.
Another recommendation is that the "Stow Major Road Ahead" sign 'should be dropped and replaced by either the "Halt " sign or a " Yield "
sign, imposing an obligation to give way to traffic on the major road.
_Portable traffic lights, as used at road works, should have an amber warning light in addition to the red and green, and there should be a standard form of control. No-waiting signs should be erected with the discs at right angles to the kerb, instead of parallel with it.
THREE MORE VEHICLES FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK. THE Western Licensing Authority last week added three vehicles to the licence of Messrs. Hunt Bros., Pill Street, Pill, Somerset, to carry ashes and coal within 15 miles, and road and building materials within 30 miles.
Applicants required the vehicles to meet the needs of Eves Construction, Ltd. It had been found impossible to hire vehicles from Other operators. Eves Construction, Ltd., were engaged upon a new project at Portishead and required 15-20 vehicles a day to shift 600-800 tons of material. Applicants had submitted the lowest tender to do the work.
Mr. G. MeMurtrie, for certain objectors, said that the applicants were actually haulage agents and might be unable to hire transport because of uneconomic rates. .
TYRE RATE UP
THE Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., have told Exeter Transport Committee that as from January I, the rate under the tyre mileage agreement will be increased from 0.73d. to 0.75d. per mile, The additional annual cost to the undertaking will be about £160.
The committee are to support the campaign of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association against the fuel tax, and appropriate posters will be shown in buses.