Parking Meters to be Resisted
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j'HE motoring organizations intend I. to resist the introduction of parkii'g meters int° this country with all the resources at their command." This was announced by Capt. A. W. Phillips, e.2neral manager of the Royal Automoh'le Club, and Mr. K. L. Kelly, secre!rv of the Automobile Association, at Press conference in London last week. their case is that meters will do nothing to alleviate the lack of parking space, and would actually represent " :at insidious attempt to get more tioney out of the motorist's pocket."
It was not clear how goods vehicles calling at premises to collect or deliver p :reels would be affected, but it was not the practice in America to make thrni liable to a charge. Meters could, however, be installed only at authorized parking places, and at most of these ii.r.:•re were no frontages of premises at w)iclt goods vehicles would normally T-anher imponderable was the position of goods vehicles waiting at atilhorized parking places before, for example, going in to a market. Would they be charged even though the hour might be early in the morning when traffic congestion had not begun? Also, if they occupied two meter spaces, because of their size, would a double charge be levied?
the organizations will oppose the clause in the Road Traffic. Bill dealing Nvth meters when that measure again comes before the House of Commons. tithe Bill should be passed, action will 1v2. taken if local authorities apply to the Minister to erect meters under the permissive power so granted.
WRONG DESTINATION: -MAN KILLED DRIVERS of public-service vehicles should appreciate that failure to display correct destinations might contribute to a mistake leading to tragedy, commented the coroner at a West Hartlepool inquest on a cyclist killed hy a corporation bus.
Witnesses suggested that the cyclist v•as misled into thinking that the bus 'a as carrying straight on to a local works whose location it bore, whereas it was taking bus crews to the town centre and turned across his path.
AFRICAN SALES UP
THE financial year ended September 30 was a record for the sale of vehicles by Leyland Albion (Africa), Ltd. Sales were more than a third greater than in the previous year. Substantial stock orders for several hundreds of Comet lorries had been placed.
The forward-control version is being preferred by South African operators, as it is by British, say the manufacturers. More than three-quarters of the Comets called for are forward-control pes.