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Plating, Testing Bill Soon
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From our Political Correspondent
THE Government's Bill to introduce new road safety measures will, it is hoped, be presented to Parliament before Christmas. I understand the intention, is to group together the three basic aspects now being tackled—stronger drink laws, commercial testing, and plating—into the one Bill to facilitate progress.
This, and the long-awaited statement on co-ordination by the Minister of Transport, should add up to a Christmas box which the transport industry will receive with mixed feelings.
Mr. Fraser's present occupation, so far as co-ordination is concerned, seems to be with getting as much traffic as possible off the roads and on to the railways. One sector in which obviously he feels he can achieve success is in the movement of general merchandise.
It is true, however, that some people think that out-of-date railway systems are contributing to the clutter at the docks, and that if road haulage adapts more quickly to new container systems, an answer to the Minister could be found.
Mr. Fraser is also working up to an announcement on London's congestion.
Suggestions that he would tax private motorists an extra 0, with perhaps an extra 33 per cent on commercial licences, are being regarded as premature and naive. If non-public transport is to be taxed extra in London, it is likely to be at a far more penal rate.