Jack-knife doubt
3rd April 1970, Page 28
3rd April 1970
Page 28
Page 28, 3rd April 1970
— Jack-knife doubt
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• Asked in the Commons if he would introduce legislation to make anti-jack-knifing devices compulsory on artics, Mr MuIley said it was possible to exaggerate the effect of jack-knifing on accidents. A small proportion of accidents were, he said, clearly caused in this way, but evidence suggested that the statistics were not significantly greater for articulated lorries than for rigid lorries of similar size. He needed full-scale trials before he could be satisfied that any particular device would work in all circumstances, but he accepted the urgency.