Mr. Page Suggests a Road Safety Chief
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IF Mr. Graham Page (Cons., Crosby) 11. succeeds in piloting a private Bill through Parliament, a road-safety commissioner would be appointed with a corps of enforcement officers with powers to arrest and prosecute. Mr. Page has come eighth in the ballot for the right to introduce a private measure, and there is the possibility of his proposals becoming law if he can gain Government support.
His emphasis is upon road safety rather than facilitating the flow of traffic. The Bill he wishes to introduce would provide for stiffer penalties for various driving offences, and make it an offence not to give a turn-right signal.
One section would suggest compensation for injured passengers or pedestrians who have not been negligent, but cannot prove negligence against another party.
Mr. Page's Bill will receive its Second Reading in the House of Commons on February 5, 1960. Mr. Knox Cunningham, Q.C. (Ulster Unionist, Antrim South), has tabled a Bill which would allow holders of driving licences in Great Britain to use them in Northern Ireland. This will be read a second time on March 4.