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IN RE THE HOME ROAD ACT.
Every Motorist His Own Lawyer.
By Sir Malcolm Campbell.
A
DRIVER of many years' ex-jfor the sontortainment Puruncu remarked the other magisterial Bench.
of
the private owner, and they have With new inventions being tried done their best, with an almost almost every day, it is rather s Impossible task.
precarious business issuing regi- The A.A. Legal Department has lations which would almost cer compiled A
very useful little tainly prove inadequate within booklet on the Motor Law, which a very short period, ". Manufac- fa an alphabetical digest of the turers and the Ministry have been statutes and regulations affecting innudated with advice, sugges owners of private cara and motor- tions, and protest. cycles, including the Road Traffic The draft regulations under the Road Transport Lighting Act
Act.
There is another recent order 1827 were prepared and circulated to organisations representing ay that soon it would be neces- Again, take the case of the that may have caused some doubts ary for motorists to take lawyers, mirror attached to the back of anamely, that concerning safety persons likely to be affected last
and they were invited to. with them whenever they want out spot-light. So long as the apot- glans. All glass fitted to wind com I they wished to ensure against light is not swivelled at night, screens of windows facing to the comment on them!
Anti-Dazzle Plans, nfringing the law.
nothing will he said; but, if the front on the outside of any motor And there is some sense in what owner of a car fitted with auch vehicle, except glass fitted to the Tho Ministry prepared the '10 said.
a double-decked ground by saying that they Thero le no doubt that a device goes to Northern Ireland, upper deck of the motorist of the future will the existence of the gadget will vehicle, must be of safety glass. were only tentative in character.
"Safety glass" is defined as Briefly, they provide that: ave to develop a legal mind above constitute Во offence, because he average as well as an extraor there a spot-light is illegal alto- glass which if fractured, does not No lamp on any vehicle showing inary memory for legal jargon together!
By into fragments capable of a light to the front shall be fitted ceep pace with the steady stream
chusing severe cuta,
with any electric bulb of a power For those who like seaching for There is an important proviso,exceeding 3.. watts. of regulations annually coming
such problems the field of motor- however, which exempts all cars: into force.
The light must either be per. pro-registered under the Roads Act manently deflected downwards so ing legislation offers untold mise. Indeed, it will almost cer- on or before January 1 last. In that it is incapable of dazzling a tally be found that more strange the meantime the glass must be person 25 feet away, or can be de- so that it does not flected downwards, or both down- liscoveries could be made through maintained careful study of the existing re-obsecure the driver's vision! wards and to the left, so as to rulations than were offered dur
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If a census were taken it would probably be found that not one in en drivers could recito with any legree of accuracy more than 6 per cent. of the rules that have lately been made, mainly under
On The Shelf.
render it incapable of dazzling ng the worst days of the D.O.R.A. ho Rond Traffic Act, to any.
othing of the welter
Many more regulations had beon Auch u person, of laws cxime-"when you could only
All electric lamps of a power buy an anchor if the shop lights promised for our edification and. passed previously.
vere out," ns someone once re-bewilderment in the near future, not exceeding six watts showing marked.
but there are signs that even the a light to the front shall be fitted Ministry of Transport is getting with other device which will cause to become problems that are cropping up. just a little perturbed at the many the light therefrom
A study of the Road Traffic Act brings a shudder to most people.
A Mirror Puzzle. Many motorists have fuat dia- overed in surprise that reflecting nirrors have been legally dealt vith. The order. which came nto force on the first of last nanth, decrees that:
Every motor vehicle other than motor-cycle shall be equipped a reflecting mirror so con- tructed and fitted as to enable the driver of the motor vehicle To be or become aware of the resence in his rear of any other vehicle, the driver of which is Jesfrous of passing such motor vehicle.
with
That little gem of careful hacology, although it may have worried some mobile policemen with poor memories, seems fairly traightforward when compared with other edicta.
Nevertheless, problems have it. cropped up in connexion with To begin with, the mirrors in nany antoon cars are placed in- side the vehicle, and provide a view of following traffic through he rear window. But when the river has lowered his rear lind
it night--which is usually done
o shut out the glare from the mps of ears behind-dons the mirror inside comply with the aw? There is one little problem.
It has been discovered, for in- tance, that under the Highways Act of 1835 a pedestrian seeing one driving furiously to the ublic danger may arrest him ven though he has no warrant!
diffused.
are
Draft regulations have already That these regulations been announced to come into force almed in the right direction no in October
next which It was one will deny. But how effective How he is to do it is not explained. hoped would tend to diminish the will they ba?
This swivelling, dimming, and bajty at night time. No definite' Manufacturers and experts of announcement has been made as dipping brings other dangers. the Automobile Association and to the intentions of the Ministry There is no doubt that good might thor motoring organisations have in this matter, but there are good come, because it will mean that pent long hours studying the pro- grounds for stating that this new drivers will have to slow up when one another in op- risions of our motor laws in an act of regulations has been aholved | approaching
ttempt to simplify matters for for the time being.
posite directions.-(Daily Mail),
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