HC Deb 18 June 1900 vol 84 c292
GENERAL RUSSELL

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the dangers which occur in crowded thoroughfares from the fact that drivers of covered vans are not obliged to have sidelights; whether he is aware that in nearly all Continental capitals there is a strict regulation on this point, and that it is rigidly enforced; and whether he can see his way to have this precaution made also compulsory in London.

*THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir M. WHITE RIDLEY,) Lancashire, Blackpool

Covered vans from which drivers are unable to see the traffic on either side of them are undoubtedly a danger; but the police have no power to make any regulation on the subject.