New law for self-drive hire
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• MPs who expressed anxiety about the condition of self-drive hire vehicles last week heard Mr John Peyton, the Minister for Transport Industries, lay stress on enforcing existing law rather than bringing in new legislation.
A mere multiplication of law and regulations on the subject could be an embarrassment to the good firms while achieving nothing with respect to those who disobeyed the law, said the Minister.
Mr Robert McCrindle (Tory, Billericay) spoke of the constant use of self-drive hire vehicles and the need to reassure hirers about their condition. He suggested an annual road-worthiness test more stringent than for private cars, with the requirement that the certificate should be displayed on the vehicle before it left the premises.
Another Member who joined in the discussion, Mr Marcus Lipton (Labour, Brixton) said that the condition of some of the self-drive hire vehicles represented an appalling menace on the roads.