HC Deb 28 July 1885 vol 300 cc249-50
MR. HICKS

asked 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- tion, and he could not answer it at present.