Traffic Bill Attacked
12th May 1961, Page 34
12th May 1961
Page 34
Page 34, 12th May 1961
— Traffic Bill Attacked
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THE national council of the Trade'rs' Road Transport Association have issued a statement saying that a considered study of the new Road Traffic Bill strengthened rather than weakened the first impression that the suggested penalty of compulsory disqualification for certain offences was "unduly harsh and calculated to bring the law into disrepute."
The Council urges modification of the Bill to provide that disqualification only follows the commission of three offences when it can be proved that these offences involve danger. The courts could then take account of the circumstances of each case, which they could not do if the law were passed in the proposed "inflexible form."