Law on Exhaust Fumes to be Tightened?
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riA PROPOSED change in the law to make it an offence to discharge " noxious substances" from vehicles is to be considered by the Clean . Air Council. This follows reports that the law is at present inadequate, particularly in the case of oil-engine fumes.
The health committee of the Association of Municipal Corporations say the regulations are ":incapable of being enforced." because of the "difficulty of adducing, proof' of injury from fumes and other emissions."
The committee report: " It has been, suggested to us that, withproper standards of manufacture and servicing, it should be possible to avoid entirely the' emission of fumes from motor engines. In the light of this we propose to ask the Clean Air Council for their views on the desirability and practicability of Legislation making the actual emission of noxious substances an offence, rather than the injury caused thereby."