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Cabs Competing with DARIS is having trouble in Coaches and Buses a controlling the use of cabs, in Paris the drivers of which are in the
habit of competing with buses by carrying a number of people at separate fares. This scheme also creates competition with coach companies running radial services to the country. Certain owner-drivers of the more luxurious vehicles, with four comfortable seats facing forward, offer to call at hotels in the morning and give a return trip to Deauville, including luncheon, for about 15s.
Should Vehicles Be THERE have been suggesFitted with Rear 1 tions that vehicles should Reflectors be equipped with red rear
reflectors to minimize the danger when the rear light of a stationary vehicle has failed or become obscured. The Minister of Transport has recently consulted representative organizations on this proposal. Some have expressed approval, others would limit it to vehicles which are not well lit internally, another suggestion is for roadside bays for parking, but the stationary vehicle is sometimes a breakdown. Certain users are already fitting reflectors and the Minister will review the matter when occasion arises for legislation on kindred subjects.
A Magistrate's Bad T AST week, a magistrate Opinion of Commer. J.g. made a statement to the cial-vehicle Drivers . effect that all drivers of commercial vehicles use bad
language and exceed the speed limit. A general statement of this sort, whilst being definitely unwarranted, seems to us also to be unconstitutional. Any driver of a heavy vehicle, who is unfortunate enough to come before the gentleman in question, would, apparently, stand but little chance, for, according to this magistrate he, the driver, must be an habitual law breaker; hence his evidence would be prejudged as false.