New, Speed Rules Not Known
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rAA PLEA that the new regulations applying to dual-purpose and goods vehicles were not generally known, was made by a defendant in a speeding case heard by Arrington magistrates, last week. The defendant, Reginald Ernest Aubin, Southend-on-Sea, was fined El for exceeding 30 m.p.h. with a van at Arrington on June 25.
A police witness said that Aubin's speed, in a van with an unladen weight of It tons, had been checked at between 40 and 50 m.p.h. on a mile-long stretch of the old North Road, which included the built-up area of Arrington. The defendant had said that he did, not realize it was' a built-up area, and that he did not know he was limited to 30 m.p.h.
Aubin told the court'thathe had no intention of evading the law.
Another police witness commented: "He is-not the only driver who has not brought himself up to date with the present position."
MR. REGAN REFUSED LICENCE . THE Metropolitan cicensing Author'. ity has refused to grant a special A licence for a lorry, based at Stepney, • to Mr. J. Regan, Chun Farm, Horsmonden. The vehicle was operated by British Road Services from Cambridge.