Officers Deter Party Organizers
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A GRAVE consequence of enforce
ment officers stopping coaches and taking statements from party organizers, who were often women, was that the organizers were deterred from forming any more parties, no matter how legal they might be.
Mr. H. W. B. Richards made this observation when he spoke at the annual dinner of the West Midland Area of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association last week. He added that the 30 m.p.h. limit on coaches was absurd. It was most unfair to drivers that they should -be given vehicles with a normal cruising speed of about 40 m.p.h., when they knew that sooner or later they would be prosecuted for exceeding 30 m.p.h.
The East Midland Licensing Authority, Mr. W. P. -James, said that he was concerned over the legal position concerning the carriage of private parties and eagerly awaited the Thesiger report. Mr. W. Seddon, chairman of the P.V.O.A., also spoke.