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Road Transport Activities IN PARLIAMENT
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Motor Export Trade. By our Special Taxicab Windscreens.
• Road Traffic Bill. Parliamentary Hospital Levies.
Taxicab Standards. Correspondent King's Lynn Crossing.
TN his review of the Government's efforts to reduce ..Lunemployment, Mr. J. H. Thomas made a reference to the motor trade in relation to export business. He said that last year 4,500,000 motorcars were manufactured in the United States, whilst this country manufactured 211,000. Our Dominions took from the United States twice as many cars as we manufactured. Mr. Thomas thought that there was a real opportunity for cultivating the export trade by meeting representatives of the industry and asking them to organize themselves for a common effort. He could anticipate the criticism and he knew the views of the motor industry regarding our basis of taxation. He was giving consideration to all these questions, but he mentioned the motor industry as an illustration of how vital it was to develop our export trade in manufactured articles
Road Traffic Bill.
THE expectation that the Minister of Transport would be able to embody in his forthcoming Road Traffic Bill provisions based on the second interim report of the Royal Commission on Transport relating to public-service vehicles is apparently not to be realized. The recommendations, with respect of licensing areas, would bring about so great a change that the Government cannot proceed with legislation to give effect to them without consulting the views of existing licensing authorities.
This is the usual course when projected legislation impinges on existing powers of the large municipalities. These bodies will have something to say, no doubt, in connection with the setting up of entirely new statutory licensing authorities for wide areas. In the circumstances it will not be possible for some time yet to present the necessary legislation to Parliament. This will not prevent Mr. Morrison from proceeding with his Road Traffic Bill, which is based on the first interim report of the Royal Commission, and deals with such subjects as speed limits, penalties for dangerous driving, failure to observe road signs, etc.
These will be dealt with in the Bill to be introduced before Christmas in the House of Lords by Earl Russell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. This measure, it is hoped, will be passed into law before next summer. It is too soon to say when the second Bill relating to public-serVice vehicles will see the light, andsin view of the heavy programme of Government business for the session it may be impossible to proceed with the matter until the next session.
. Taxicab Standards.
MR. CLUSE, having called the attention of the Home Secretary to the fact that the raising of the approved standard of taxicabs was causing great hardship amongst small owners, especially as it followed a reduction in the permitted charges, Mr. Clynes stated that the Commissioner of Police had no information which would bear out the first suggestion. There had been no raising of the approved standard, but a reorganization of districts might have tended to greater efficiency in the enforcement of the existing regulations.
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Taxicab Screens.
MR. SINKINSON, having called attention to the exposure to cold which drivers of taxicabs suffered owing to the lack of screens, the Home Secretary, Mr. Clynes, said that he was informed by the Commissioner of Police that representations on the subject had been received from time to time, and, as a result, a threequarter windscreen was, nearly a year ago, approved for taxicabs.
Many cabs had had these fitted. An experiment with full windscreens was now proceeding, it was stated. It remained to be seen whether this would prove satisfactory, particularly from the point of view of public safety, and, in the meantime, it would be premature to make it obligatory on owners to provide the full screen. It was understood that the opinion of drivers on the subject was somewhat divided, some favouring the screen and others not.
Large Vehicles on Narrow Roads.
WITH reference to the complaint that large motor vehicles using narrow roadsprevented the safe passage of other vehicles, the Minister of Transport pointed out that under Section 7 (4) of the Roads Act, 1920, the council of any county or county borough could apply to the Minister for an Order prohibiting or restricting the use of motor vehicles of any specified class on any specified highway which was unsuitable for them. The responsibility fell, in the first place, on the local authorities, but if any case was brought to his notice he would see that it was given attention.
Forth and Tay Road Bridges.
THE report of the consulting engineers with regard to the proposed Forth road bridge, along with the observations thereon by the three local authorities primarily concerned, is now being considered by the Minister of Transport. With regard to the suggested road bridge over the Tay, discussion on technical points is proceeding with the harbour authorities. Mr. Morrison states that until the necessary investigations and discussions regarding the practicability of both those projects have reached a more advanced stage it would be premature for him to attempt to formulate a scheme for the apportionment of the cost.
Hospital Levies.
THE Government is not inclined to adopt the .suggestion which was made by Sir William Davison that, in order to recompense voluntary hospitals for the cost of treatment of persons injured in motor accidents, a central fund should be formed by means of a small compulsory deduction from driving licence fees.
King's Lynn Crossing. King's Lynn Crossing. KING'S LYNN Town Council is to consult with the railway company regarding the level-crossing at Tennyson Avenue, King's Lynn, with a view to the submission of definite proposals for a bridge or subway. The Minister of Transport will then be prepared to consider an application for a grant from the Road Fund towards so much of the cost as will fall upon the corporation.