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Police Lose in Speeding Case
Page 58
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erHE driver of a van equipped with 1 a governor limiting the speed to 30 m.p.h., successfully appealed at the West Riding Quarter Sessions, on Monday, against a conviction at the West Riding Police Court, Wakefield, on a charge of exceeding the speed limit of 30 m.p.h. The appeal was allowed, with costs. The appellant was Mr. Harry Halsworth, who was employed by John Newbould and Sons, Ltd., baker and confectioner, Bradford.
Mr. G. R. Hinchcliffe, for the respondents, said that on May 21 two police officers on a motorcycle combination followed the van for a mile, and, they stated, found that the speed varied between 40 m.p.h. and 42 m .p.11 .
Mr. G. H. B. Streatfield, for the appellant, said that the Newbould concern had a fleet of over 90
vehicles, of which 74 were breaddelivery vans, and each was equipped with a governor of a type supplied to the War Department. The governors were tested weekly to ensure that they were in working order.
Remarking that he would call evidence to prove that vehicles equipped with the governors were incapable of exceeding 30 m.p.h. Mr. Streatfield stated that immediately after the incident, the appellant drove his van to the *works at Bradford, and the foreman satisfied himself that the seal on the governor was intact. The foreman, a representative of the makers of the governor and a consulting engineer each tested the van and tried to exceed 30 m.p.h., but could not do so.
In evidence, the appellant said that his vehicle never exceeded a speed of 29mph.