No New Powers to Ban Artics
31st December 1965, Page 21
31st December 1965
Page 21
Page 21, 31st December 1965
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Keywords :
Security, National Security, Public Safety, Articulated Vehicle, Vehicles, Semi-trailer Truck, Police, Westmorland, Politics
IN the Commons last week Mr. Michael .1 T. Jopling (Tory, Westmorland) suggested that the police should be given power to prohibit the use by all vehicles, or selected types, of certain roads affected by snow.
He made special mention of articulated lorries whose passage was likely to result in skidding or jack-knifing, thereby blocking the road and hampering clearing operations.
Mr. Fraser told him that the police were already empowered by the Road Traffic Acts to prohibit . or restrict vehicles in such circumstances, and added that he did not consider that any additional powers were necessary.