No Safety Bill Before Spring
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I T is unlikely that the Road Safet Bill will make its appearanc before the spring, writes a specia correspondent. It is even possible tha the Bill may not be presented in thi session of Parliament.
Many of its fields will be experi mental and others will be controversia The Minister of Transport is determine to try to obtain as much agreement a possible beforehand, and this may brin delay into that danger perlod of tit spring, when the Budget, and unfor( seen developments demanding debati tend to pack the Parliamentar. programme.
The Bill will most probably includ permission for local authorities t install parking meters. It is also likel to control pedestrians and to introduc compulsory use of street crossing: There may well be an experimentE period in which no penalties would b inflicted, but police warnings given.
OXFORD'S BAN ON WAITING DROPOSALS for the prohibition waiting by goods vehicles in ce tam n main streets of Oxford have no been prepared. The corporatio obtained power earlier this year to ha the loading and unloading of vehicit for a period of four hours betwee 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Representatives of the National Roa Transport Federation met the chai man of Oxford Highways Committt last Friday. It is believed that if corporation' proposals were n4 favourably received.
The Federation and the Britis Transport Commission strongly resiste the clause in the municipal Bill und4 which power to prohibit waiting wq secured-.
B.T.C. COVER EMERGENCIES DERMISSION to run emergency bt services in the West Midlands in tl event of train or boat services bcir delayed by accidents or urgent repa work has been granted to the Britil Transport Commission by the West Mil land Licensing Authority.
The application was made original to cover, in addition, emergency facilitii when tram and coach services operate by the Commission were delayed, bi this part was withdrawn after stror objection from many Midland .operator
Vehicles for the emergency servie will generally be hired from lee operators. • Similar applications in other parts I the country have already been grante YORKSHIRE COMPANIES MERG
THE Pocklington concernof Eve Ingham Bros„ Ltd„ merged la week with East Yorkshire Motor Sc vices, Ltd. Everingham Bros., who Iv been operating for 50 years, had a fle of about 26 A.E.C., Albion, Bedfor Daimler and Leyland buses.