Douglas Bill Passed by Small Majority
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nOUGLAS CORPORATION'S Bill 1--/ to confer enabling powers to operate motorbuses in an area two miles outside the borough has beea . passed by a narrow majority in the House of Keys. It will become law after it has received the Royal Assent, as has been announced in the Tynwald Court.
The Bill will allow the corporation to apply to the Isle of Man Highway ahd Transport Board for licences to operate. outside the borough. As reported in The Commercial Motor" on June 10, it was strenuously opposed by Isle of Man Road Services, Ltd., Isle of Man Railway, Manx Electric Railway, Ltd., and the Isle of Man Hackney Owners' Hon. When the House of Keys passed the Bill, those voting for it held that thi: corporation should at least have the right to apply for licences to have its applications considered on their merits. It was pointed out that the passing of the permissive legislation was in no way intended to influence the final decision as to whether such licences should be granted. That decision rested entirely in the hands of the Licensing Authority,
COUNCILS TEMPT OPERATORS TO LEAVE CATER
A CCORDING to the Passenger 1-AVehicle Operators Association, there is an increasing tendency among local authorities to urge operators and drivers to defer the departures of coaches from certain destinations. Brighton Corporation, for instance, has told operators that there is no restriction requiring that they must leave Brighton by 6 p.m.
The P.V.O.A. has informed the corporation that all licensed service coaches have to depart according to their scheduled timetables, and that it is an offence to-do otherwise. Moreover, the hours of employtnent of drivers are governed, and operators must arrange departures from seaside resorts to fit in with the provisions of Section 19 of the Road Traffic Aet, 1930.
Requests by the police or any other local authority to depart from the scheduled timetable attached to .a road service lieence do not relieve the Operator from his legal liability.
NEW DRAFT ORDER ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
DRAFT . regulations dealing with pedestrian crossings provide that at controlled crossin-gs, pedestrians who are on the crossing before a vehicle reaches it take precedence . if they started to cross while the signal. Was aeainst the general stream of vehicles. Otherwise, vehicles take precedence.
At uncontrolled crosSings, pedestrians who have started to cross before vehicle reaches the. point. are entitled to precedence.. . Eiscept in an emergency, vehicles Must not stop at a crossing, . and pedestrians must cross
with due expedition. • Thp maximum fine for Contravention of the regulations is to be increased from £2 to £5. The draft has been circulated to interested organizations.