A Book on Law for Vehicle Users.
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Entitled "Road Traffic Law," by F. Llewellyn Jones, LL.B., M.P., solicitor, H.M. Coroner for the County of Flint. shire, is a recently published book, priced at one guinea. The author's endeavour has been to produce a volume of moderate size, giving the text of the Road Traffic Act and regulations made thereunder. Each section is given more or less in a layman's language and it includes a large number of regulations made during 1930 and 1931. The index is full and easy to understand. The Highway Code also is included.
This book should prove of assistance to all connected with road-vehicle operation in the present difficult times. It is published by Sweet and Maxwell, Ltd., 2 and 3, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.2.
Official Orders in May.
Only a small number of orders was given out during May last by Government Departments. The Air Ministry purchased Morris-Commercial sixwheelers, whilst the Crown Agents for the Colonies ordered Albion chassis and Thornyeroft lorries, and road rollers from Agricultural and General Engineers, Ltd.
Regulating Passenger-vehicle Operation.
The Ministry of Transport has informed Lanes County Council that it should now consider exercising thc powers that it has been given under the Road Traffic Act, for determining the roads that may be used by publicservice vehicles, for fixing stands and stopping places for them and for regulating the manner in which the stands and stopping places may be used. Consequently, the comity council has asked the urban councils, in it area, with over 20,000 elective population, to co-operate with it, so that the whole of the administrative county may be dealt with at or about the same time.
Bus Results at Comm.
In the year ended March 31st last the buses of Colne Corporation were operated at a gross profit of £3,124, revenue having amounted to 121,368 and expenditure to £18,244. The gross profit was equal to 1.48(1. per bus-mile.
The corporation is operating a fleet of 22 buses, 12 of Leyland make and nine of Guy manufacture, and the vehicles work a route mileage of 221
Road Improvement Schemes.
During the month of June schemes for widening, reconstruction and other improvements of classified roads and bridges, and for the construction of new roads and bridges of classification value, involving a total estimated expenditure of £1,840,000, were formally approved for Road Fund grants.
Amongst the most important schemes are the widening and reconstructing of 11.9 miles between King's Lynn and Fincham Drove, near Swaffham (part of the Birmingham-Great Yarmouth trunk road), at a cost of about £145,000 ; the widening of eight miles of the Glasgow-Inverness trunk road from Achnahannet along the shore of Lochness to Brackla, involving an expenditure of £112,000, and the widening and reconstructing of three miles of road on the London-Eolyhead route
from Pour Crosses to Easton House, Gailey, at a cost of 188,000.
Financial assistance has also been indicated towards works on unclassified roads and bridges in various counties, the total estimated expenditure being £253,000.
America's Reduced Output.
During May last 327,853 commercial iehicles and private cars were produced in the United States and Canada, as compared with 444,699 in May, 1930. In the first five months of 1931 the total output was 1,378,273 vehicles.