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THE
HOME ROAD TRAFFIC BILL.
Driving "Off the Road" Discussed.
PENALTY FOR BEING UNDER INFLUENCE OF DRINK OR DRUGS.
BY THE WAY
The House of Lords Select Com- mittee has decided that motorists. may have their burning cars at- tended free of charge by à firo brigade.
:
"The Standing. Committee of the Sir K. Vaughan-Morgan said he House of Commons on the Road was as anxious-as anyone to precently at the West London Police A woman motorist protested re Traffic Bill turned recently to serve the amenities of rural Eng Court, that she Clause. 14. which prohibits the land. and all be desired was to middle of the road: "I was on the was not in, the driving of motor vehicles on com-set up auitable and convenient ma- mona and moors.
chinery to preserve rights to cer- crown," she said! Sir K. Vaughan-Morgan moved aftain sections of the community;
Cobham Mill, Surrey...which reduction of the penalties-namely, but in view of the attitude of the
causes A bottle-neck on the a fine of £20 for a first offence and Minister and of the Committee he Cobham-Leatherhead Road, is to be £50 or three months' imprisonment would withdraw the amendment. for a second offence-prescribed The clause provides that it renovated and pat into working
order. Part of the mill is stated to date back 700 years.
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Canada's exports of cars 121
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for a breach of this provision. He shall not be an offence to drive a (said the penalty was excessive. motor vehicle on any land within' Lt. Col. Ashley, who supported 15 yards of a road for the purpose! the amendment, reminded the Com-only of parking the vehicle. Dr. February last are stated to be of a mittee that this clause did not ap- Salter moved the omission of this value of £383,111, compared with pear in the original Bill, but was part of the clause, for the purpose £301,121 in January and £949,657 inserted by the House of Lords; of protecting village greens. in February, 1929. the offence which the clause creat Many of them, he said, were des- ed was a new one, which ought not troyed by the motor cars and motor It is estimated that whereas 29 to the coaches which were parked upon per cent of the commercial vehicles a person liable
them. If the clause were passed built in the United States in 1921 heavy, penalties proposed.
Mr. Morrison, Minister of Trans- as it stood it would mean that the were equipped with solid tyres, port, said that in the vast majority continue.
destruction of village greens would their Use became steadily less frequent each year until it fell to 4.7 per
cent. in 1929.
to make
Riding a Hobby 'to Death. Col. Ashley said he was ds keen
be
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of cases under this clause a fine of £5 would be adequate, and would be all that the courts would enforce. But there might be flippant or
The point-duty constable in boastful persons who would drive as Dr. Salter to preserve rural Queen's Square, Wolverhampton, into the middle of a common and amenities, and when he was Min- has been provided with a Decial say (if the amendment were ister of Transport he did all he platform upon which two spotlights adopted) that this offence would could to see that electric cables are directed during the hours of only cost £5. There might also be were put in the least objectionable darkness. the eccentric person whose places, and..to encourage the plant- Eccentricity hordered on -mental ing of trees by the roadside... But deficiency, and for whom a penalty he asked the Committee not to ride of imprisonment would be neces-a hobby to death. They ought to sary for a deliberate offence.
think of the people who lived in Lord Erskine and Mr. A. Remer towns and whose opportunities of country appealed for a reduction of the getting fresh air in the penalties, and the Minister of were limited to Saturday, and Sun-
must Those people day. Transport then agreed to insert loved to leave their cars some NATIONAL CAMPAIGN. an amendment reducing the penalties to a fire not exceeding £5 for a first offence and not exceed- ing £10 for a second offence. · In
Mr. Morrison said one of the view of this assurance Sir K, best means of preventing people Vaughan-Morgan withdrew his driving over commons and parking proposed amendment.
cars on them was to give reason- able concessions to motorists as to Concerning "Rural Amenities" where that could be done. He them. Sir K. Vaughan-Morgan then thought it was reasonable that a moved an amendment to provide person should be entitled, so long that notices would have to be set as there was no existing prohibi- up to show that motor vehicles tion, to park his car on an open were prohibited on particular space, and he thought the pro- lands; that the intention to proposed space of 16 yards was hibit would have to be advertised, sufficient. The clause had been and that any person who objected carefully drafted so that it would would have a right to appeal to the not confer rights where no rights
existed.. Minister of Agriculture.
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where and to enjoy meals at the roadside...
Mr. Morrison said the adoption
The amendment was negatived of this proposal would make the and the clause was agreed to. preservation of the amenities of The Committee then considered the countryside As difficult as Clause 15, which deals with per- possible. They must prevent sons driving motor vehicles when motorists driving over commons under the influence of drink or and rural places; if people wanted drugs.
Believing that many motor accidents are the direct result of the use of old; worn-out cars, motor manufacturers in America
have formed 'a committee to organise a campaign to serap
The committee has the support of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, and it estimates that 400,000 "old
cara
will be sent to the scrap-heap this year, in, addition to the normal scrapping, which is constantly going on.
The campaign is being financed by the motor manufacturers to the extent of 15 million dollars, and it is hoped that with the numerous safety features of new cars, it will result in a greatly reduced necident list.
At the best, it can only be
to go to the centre of such rural Lord Erskine moved an amendi- helpful, and cannot entirely stop districts they must either walk or ment to omit from the clause the several other important factors, road accidents, as there are drive a certain distance and walk words "when in charge of" a motor over which nobody has any con- the remainder. The amendment, vehicle. He said that the person trol. These are unsafe, incompe if adopted, would make the ad-who attempted to drive a motor ministration of the clause almost car while under the influence of tent, and reckless drivers, and impossible.
drink was a danger, but the words careless pedestrians.
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he wished to delete might lead to penalties being imposed in cases in which the person was not driving. the car. He mentioned the "case of a man who had attended farmers' dinner and who, feeling he was not capable of driving his car, turned on his lights and went to sleep in the back of the car. He was to be convicted of being drunk in charge of a car. While he might have been convicted of being drunk. that was quite another matter.
Sir J. Melville, Solicitor-General, pointed out that while a man who was under the influence of drink) might not be driving or attempting to drive his motor car, he might be about to drive.
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Mr. Oliver' said he had known motor drivers who had taken more than one glass of beer but who were overcome with sleepiness by the fresh air, and they drew their cars into the side of the road and rested. Such a man would be "in charge of a car" although he had safeguarded himself and the public. If, however, the amend- ment were agreed to, tremendous loopholes would be allowed for people being drunk while in charge of care.
Commission of "Almost".
Mr. Morrison said that before. the Bills was passed certain hon. members. would have defended the commission of almost every sin. They assumed. that it was a rea- sonable thing for a man to go in a motor car to a place of refresh- ment or to a party and get drunk- (Cries of "No!")-and that if he 'pushed a car round a corner and got into it and went to sleep he was a well-behaved citizen. (Re- newed cries of "No!") People who were in charge of motor cars inust be very careful, and they must be very moderate in their consump tion of alcohol, or keep clear of it altogether.
Col. Ashley and other members. protested against Mr. Morrison's remarks, and denied that there had been any attempt to justify people being drunk while in charge of
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