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eers Discuss Disqualification
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From our Parliamentary Correspondent A N attempt to delete the provision that
d ivers should be disqualified automatic lly after three offences in three years failed when the Lords returned to the ad Traffic Bill this week.
Lo id Howe, who was behind the move withdrew his amendment to the Bill a ter Lord Hailsham had pointed out that I,c Government had tied the automatic disqualification not to conviction but t endorsement.
Th court might for "special reasons" forgo an endorsement and in that. case it di. not not count towards automatic disquail cation, said Lord Haiisham.
Lo d Chesham, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, succe sfully introduced new proposals gove • ing the minimum period in which a dis ualified driver could apply for the resto ation of his licence.
Th s makes the minimum period two year if the disqualification is for less than four years, half the period of disquali cation if between four and 10 year and five years where it is over 10 year LORD GODDARD BACKS PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS During discussion on the report stage of the Road Traffic Bill in the Lords on Tuesday, Lord Goddard, formerly Lord Chief Justice, came out strongly in support of professional drivers.
Whilst recognizing that it was a very serious matter for people to be driving uninsured vehicles, Lord Goddard said that under the original Act the justices had power to disqualify only in respect of a particular class of vehicle. This provision had now gone. But a professional bus or lorry driver might do something silly when driving, privately, some other class of vehicle, and so be convicted.
"He might be a thoroughly good bus driver but do something silly on his motorcycle and be thrown on the streets. This is one reason why I think there should be discretion in these matters," he said.