Councils in New Safe-driving Plan
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TT is understood that a large number of I municipal transport undertakings is to support the B.E.T. and Tilling cons' panics in the safe-driving competition they are preparing to replace that run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, from which they have withdrawn (The Commercial Motor, November 11).
It is expected that details of the scheme, and of the participants, will be made known shortly.
On Tuesday, the London Transport Executive were understood still to be considering whether or not to withdraw from the Rospa competition.
Mr. G. McKay; chief engineer of the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., said last week that the company would not enter next year's national safedriving competition, because exception was taken to the rule that account should be taken, in assessing a man for an award, of any conviction for an offence committed while driving as a Private individual,
The rule was held to be unjust to professional drivers. Mr. McKay added that the company Were •following the action of other well-known companies, hut would support any other national scheme.