§ MR. HICKSasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been drawn to the statement in The Observer of last Sunday, that a charge against the owner of a bicycle for furious driving had been dismissed by Mr. Bushby, on the ground that he had no jurisdiction; and, whether he will, during the recess, prepare a Bill for the better regulation of street traffic with reference to vehicles of all descriptions?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir R. ASSHETON CROSS), in reply, said, he could not understand this decision, because undoubtedly several persons had previously been fined for furious driving of bicycles on the ordinary road. There was a recent decision that a bicycle was a carrriage, and that its rider was a driver within the meaning of the Act. As to the second part of the Question, it would require very serious considera- 250 tion, and he could not answer it at present.