No Agreement On Speed Limit
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APROPOSAL for the experimental application of a speed limit on all European roads outside built-up areas produced disagreement among members of the road transport sub-committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, when they met in Geneva. The sub-committee are trying to improve rules governing pedestrian.erossings, and have submitted suggested regulations for the guidance of governments.
SWEDISH "NOISE LIMIT"
THE establishment of a "tolerable noise limit" is the aim of the Swedish Institute of Public Health, who have started a campaign against street traffic noise. Some 100 new types of vehicle have been tested, and used vehicles will be studied in the spring. It is hoped that a basic " noise rule" will be established by next summer.
HIGH OCTOBER REGISTRATIONS D EGISTRATIONS of new commercial IAvehicles last October, at 22,383, were well up to the average monthly level for the year so far, although they slipped slightly from the September figure. In the first 10 months of 1959 the number of new commercial vehicles, at 219,491, was almost as great as in the first 11 months of 1958. Details appear in the accompanying table.