Road Traffic Acts "Out of Date"
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APPEALING against a decision of the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioners allowing Luton Corporation Transport to run public services in parts of Dunstable, the Dunstable Town Clerk. Mr. J. Smith, told a Ministry Inspector last week that the Road Traffic Acts were out of date.
He said: Existing road traffic legislation is inadequate to protect the general public. The Traffic Acts are out of date if they purport to hold a balance between' the travelling public, the rights of the Minister, and. the reasonable interests of the operators." Mr. Smith, who did not deal with any details of the consents granted by the . Commissioners, said the appeal was the only forum in which the views of the • public, dirough the local authority, could be expressed. • "Thedifficulty in many cases is that the local authority feels a service ought to be provided, but if the operators say • they are satisfied there is no need, that is the end of the matter," he said.
WALLACE ARNOLD LOSE THE Minister of Transport has turned
down the appeal by Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., against the decision of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, when granting an application for an express licence between Royston and Leeds via Wakefield, to attach a condition that the licence for a service between Wakefield and Leeds should be surrendered.
Petrol Saver
-A DEVICE which, it is claimed, will reduce petrol consumption by 50 .per cent., has been developed tw Mr_ R. Wood, St. Nicholas Street, Matton, Yorks. • Mr. Wood. is a research engineer and the 'director of a Scarborough corn.pany, and he claims that his invention merely infolves replacing the main jet of the carburetter by a smaller one and adding his device. Mr. Wood's equipment is stated to cost less than 30s. to manufacture.
C.T.C.C. MEMBERS
THE Minister of Transport has announced the names of the new Central Transport Consultative Committee for Great Britain for the period to December 31, 1963. The chairman is Sir Ronald Garrett, and the members again include Mr. E. G. Whitaker. Unilever, Ltd., and Mr. H. D. Joyce, ShellMex and 13.P., Ltd.
Among the new members are Alderman S. I. Dyson, chairman, Sheffield transport committee, and Councillor W. Spencer, chairman, Coventry transport committee