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NEW 1-1.GN. DRIVERS' LICENCE REGULATIONS.

25th September 1936
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

The Minister of Transport intends te make new regulations regarding the 'vocational " licences or drivers of heavy goods vehicles. These will give effect to certain of the provisions of the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Act, 1936, and will replace the Heavy Goods Vehicles (Drivers' Licences) Regulation 1935. When the new regulations come into force, an applicant for an H.G.V. licence will be able to obtain a provisional licence, valid for three months, to enable him to learn to drive

a heavy goods vehicle. During its curoency he may only drive such a, vehicle under the supervision of a person who already holds a substantive "

vocational" licence. The classes of vehicle which the licence holder may drive will be specified on the licence.

Before the regulations are made, the Minister is consulting representative organizations of interests concerned. Copies of the draft regulations may be obtained, price 2d., from the Stationery Office.

Minister .Retracts in C. and U. Regulations.

The Minister of Transport has decided to modify the draft Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, so that the proposed new basis for the calculation of overhang shall not apply to refuse collectors. A statement to this effect is made in a report by Islington Borough Council.

Local authorities have protested strongly against the suggestion that the present system of restricting rear overhang to 7-24 of the total overall length should be changed.

L.N.E.R. On "Fishing Expedition."

A railway representative was rebuked by Mr. Henry Riches, Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, in a case in which a B licence, restricted to 15 miles radius, was granted to Mr. Wit. ham Auchterlonie, 45, Whiterose Terrace, Methil. When Mr. C S. Macleod,

c20 for the L.N.E. RailwaY' Vir.)., questioned Mr. Auchterlonie, Mr. Riche: asked : "Under what statutory authority are you inquiring into the rates applicant proposes to charge?"

Mr. Macleod said he was trying to point out that applicant was totally unaware of conditions on the road. He was going to suggest that there was a danger of undercutting.

Mr. Riches : " I am not going to permit the railway company to go on a fishing expedition like this."

Identity Certificates for C-licenca Vehicles. "

The Goods Vehicles (Licences and Prohibitions) Regulations, 1936, provide that on and after October 1, 1936, all vehicles operated under C licences must display identity certificates similar to those already carried by vehicles working under A and B licences.

Big Drive for New Members.

Intensive propaganda, to be directed towards unattached hauliers and users in the Liverpool district and North Wales, is ,being planned by local committees of the C.M.U.A. and A.R.O. A campaign will probably be launched immediately after the completion of the merger. The holding of a dinner in Liverpool to celebrate the merger is also under consideration ; this is likely to take place in January " Unimpeachable " Record: Fine £5.

Although Pontypridd stipendiary magistrate described the record of a lorry driver as "unimpeachable and exceptional," he fined the man £5 on a charge of driving without due care and attention. The man had driven for 28 years without accident or being involved in a court case.

He said that he was travelling at 13 m.p.h. when a cyclist left his proper side of the road and, in an effort to avoid him, the lorry skidded. The result was an accident to the cyclist. THAT CIRCULAR LETTER TO MAGISTRATES.

As a result of investigations into justice as dispensed to motor users in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, remarkable inconsistencies have been revealed. In some districts 90 per cent. of motorists convicted of driving under the influence of drink were disqualified; in another district only 36 per cent. Failure to insure against third-party risk resulted in one place in the disqualification of every offender, and in another of only 4 per cent.

Sir John Simon has now issued a circular urging the need for greater uniformity. We are afraid, however, that this move will tend to raise penalties to the higher level.

Most of the circular deali with the matter of disqualification.

Haulier's Vehicles Watched in Two

Areas.

In a prosecution at Newport Police Court, last week, it was revealed that, for four days, a watch was kept by officials attached to the offices of the South Wales and Metropolitan Licensing Authorities, on the activities of Somerton Transport Co., Ltd., Conway Road, Newport. Such a liaison between Traffic Areas enabled a check to be kept on journeys and times. The company was summoned on six counts for alleged breaches of the Goods Vehicles (Keeping of Records) Regulations; it pleaded not guilty. It was successfully stated, in one case, that the records alleged to be missing were, in fact, on the file and had been overlooked by the traffic examiner. Another case was dismissed, 'whilst three others were withdrawn. On the remaining case a fine of £3, with 42 17s, 6d. costs, was imposed.

During the proceedings, a solicitor for the defendant company pointed out that there was no legal obligation upon a transport concern to keep drivers' records in chronological order.


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