HULL BRANCH FOR THE C.M.U.A.
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A LARGE gathering of road-trans port operators in Hull, on Tuesday night, decided to support the formation of a Hull branch of the Commercial Motor. Users Association. Mr. J. Hollis, chairman of the North-Eastern Division of the Association, who presided, said that commercial-vehicle operators were going through a difficult period and they must aim at being 100 per cent, united, as were their opponents.
Mr. F. G. Bristow, general secretary of the Association, referred to the impending General Election and urged operators to keep matters appertaining to their industry before their Members of Parliament. Operators, he said, should not accept the answer that there was no money available for strengthening weak bridges on key roads. He had been agitating for years that, in cases of necessity, road users should urge the Minister of Transport to pay the wholeof the cost from the Road Fund.
The Association wanted the speed limits increased still further. There was no reason why all pneumatic-tyred motor vehicles should not be permitted to travel at 30 m.p.h. provided that there were certain safeguards. It had been suggested that the raising of speed limits would , cause more accidents, but figures showed that speed had no real relation to the question of road safety, Mr. Bristow was convinced that if there were a more even flow of traffic at .a reasonable pace, instead of at three or four different speeds, one would avoid all cutting in and out.
Mr. Bristow mentioned that at the end of September there were in operation 100,000 " A " licences, 55,000 " B " licences, and 305,000 "C " licences, granted to 28,000, 35,000 and 150,000 operators respectively.
Mr. J. L. Kinder, national organizer, and Mr. W. Holdsworth, vice-chairman of the North-Eastern Division, also spoke. Discussion followed, Mr. A. W. Newham urging the establishment of special courts for motorists.