30 M.P.H. LIMIT: PARDONS FOR 158
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FREE pardons to 158 persons convicted of exceeding 30 m.p.h. in utilities and goods vehicles weighing less than 3 tons unladen have been recommended by the Home Secretary. They arise from the High Court's decision in Malkin v. Bell (The Commercial Motor, May 2, 1952) and Woolley v. Moore (October 31, 1952).
It was held in Blenkin v Bell that a utility operating under a dual goods and private licence was not subject to a 30 m.p.h. limit when not carrying goods. In the other case, empty goods vehicles weighing less than 3 tons unladen were held to be free from the restriction.
The pardons, of which more are to follow, concern convictions where the facts were similar to those in the two cases which came before the High Court. The offences must have occurred after the new regulations came into force on October 25, 1950.