250 Miles Too Long for One Day ?
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" IF any particular tour is unduly
tiring to a passenger on account of distance and journeY time, he has no need to, and will not, patronize it; and if there is no public demand, the operator will not operate it."
This statement was made before Mr. W. Tudor Davies, an inspector of the Ministry of Transport, by Mr. J. Else, .
when he appeared for Mr. W S. L Smith, Birmingham, and Mr. J. R. Clarke, jnr., Rubery,_ who were appealing against a refusal of the former West Midland Licensing Authority, Mr. R. Stuart Pitcher, to grant a licence on the ground that 250 miles was too great a distance for a one-day coach tour. Mr. Else said that coach operators in the area had for some time wished to test this question by appeal. The issue
was somewhat academic, he said, as Mr. Pilcher's successor had so far not followed his predecessor's.policy.
Mr. Else disagreed that long day tours were potentially dangerous. Even if they were, he said, danger would not form a ground for the refusal of a licence. If it were not considered necessary to limit day tours before the war, it was even less neces
_ • • sary to-day.