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Police Cannot Bring Excise Cases
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APOLICE officer cannot institute
proceedings under the Vehicles Excise Act, 1949, or the 1953 Regulations made under the Acts This decision was made, reluctantly, by the Wolverhampton magistrate last week, when he dismissed two charges against a defendant of fraudulently, using a Road Fund licence and exhibiting a mutilated licence.
The chief constable had brought the summonses under Section 25 of the Act, and it was submitted that restriction of the right to prosecute by the local authority, acting on behalf of the Excise. Commissioners applied Only to the first 15 sections of the Act.
The magistrate did not accept this view, although he would have preferred to have interpreted the Act in such a way that the long-standing practice whereby police prosecutions were made could continue. If any more favourable decision could be reached, it would have to be that of a higher court.
DRIVERS' POOR VISION
THOUSANDS of drivers had vision below the standard reqtired by the Motor Vehicles (DrivingLicences), Regulations, 1950, stated Mr. S. Black, director of the information bureau of the Association of Optical Practitioners, at a conference held by Scottish ophthalmic opticians last week. It should be more of an offedce to drive a vehicle if one had poor eyesight than to drive an unroadworthy vehicle, he asserted.
LAMP BULBS CHEAPER
THE manufacturers of Osram, Mazda, Ediswan and Metrovick lamp bulbs have announced price reductions. It is stated that economies in production have been achieved by co-operation with designers of vehicle lighting equipment, and that there is now greater standardization in types of bulb. The Osram I2v. 42-36-w. clear prefocus headlamp bulb now costs 5s. 3d. instead of 5s. 10d. Smaller bulbs are cheaper by upwards of Id.
EXAMINERS' PAY CLAIM
A CLAIM has been submitted to the
Ministry of Transport by the Society of Civil Servants for higher pay for driving and traffic examiners. Present scales are between £9 1 Is.-£11 9s. a week in London. The salaries required are from f12-£13 19s. It is stated that the "grossly inadequate" pay is the reason for the Ministry's failure to fill 170 vacancies on examining staffs.
C.I.F.'S FIRST COMPETITORS
THE first competitors with the road services of Coras lompair Eireann are Messrs. Jackson Bros., Cavan, who have started a bus service between Cavan Town and Longford. Approval has been given by the Minister for Industry and Commerce.