A.R.O. PRESSING FOR TAMAR BRIDGE.
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The urgent necessity of a road bridge across the River Tamar in the vicinity of Plymouth is being again brought to the notice of the authorities and the general public, this time by A.R.O. Devon and Cornwall Area Committee. This body has passed a resolution calling for the spanning of the river to cope with the ever-increasing motor traffic.
It is also approaching the Minister of Transport on the question and soliciting the support of Devon and Cornwall County Councils, Plymouth City Council, Saltash Town Council, Plympton and St. Germans Rural District Councils, Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and Plymouth Rotary Club.
This decision was reached at a meeting of the committee at Plymouth on Monday. Mr. Roger Sewill, A.R.O. national director, said that the Association would give full and immediate support to the proposal.
Traffic Court Representation in West Midlands.
Arrangements for traffic-court representation for members of the West Midland division of the C.M.U.A. were explained by Mr. G. A. Hotter at a meeting of the Worcester Sub-area, in Worcester, last week.
Mr. Hotter said that arrangements had been made with Mr. J. Foley Egginton to represent members at traffic hearings, and the cost to members would be only I5s. per year, plus hearing fees. Speaking of the merger, Mr. Hotter said that the committee of construction had confidence that the amalgamation of the two associations would eventually take place.
The need for unity in the industry was stressed by Mr. S. M. Macadam, chairman of the West Midland area. who made a strong plea for the stabili zation of rates. He expressed the opinion that all road operators should be compelled to join an association.
Municipal Chief to Read Paper on Oil Engines.
Mr. W. Vane Morland, general manager of Leeds Transport Department, is to read a paper on compression-ignition engines before certain centres of the Institution of Automobile Engineers. It will be read in Manchester on November 11, in Bristol on the following day, and in Leeds on November 18.
Cyclist Favoured: Motorists Fined.
If the decision of a Scottish magistrate stands undisputed, there will be one law for motorists and another for cyclists, so far as the sign " Halt, major road ahead " is concerned.
At Kirkcaldy Police Court, on Monday, four motorists were fined by Bailie Wood for failing to stop at the sign, but a similar charge against a cyclist was dismissed. Bailie Wood said that in his view a cyclist could not halt without dismounting. If he proceeded at the slowest possible speed, he was conforming with the regulation.
Mr. David Usher, burgh prosecutor, said that this was a dangerous doctrine for the magistrate to lay down. The magistrate replied that the point required elucidation from the Ministry of Transport, but he would dismiss the charge against the cyclist.