Mr. CATHCART WASONI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been directed to a recent motor accident, when a car, alleged to be travelling at from forty to fifty miles an hour, skidded and killed two men; and if he proposes to take any steps to insist on the law being enforced and persons prevented from driving engines faster than express trains on the public roads.
§ * MR. GLADSTONEI beg to answer this Question on behalf of my right hon. friend. I have seen the newspaper report of the inquest in this case. It was stated by one witness that the car was going between thirty and forty miles an hour, but the driver estimated the speed at eighteen miles an hour, and an expert witness gave evidence to the effect that the accident was caused by skidding and might have occurred at any rate of speed. The jury found that the occurrence was accidental, and that no blame attached to the driver. The enforcement of the law as to the speed limit is a matter for the local police authority.
§ MR. T. L. CORBETT (Down, N.)Has the right hon. Gentleman's attention been called to the fact that the hon. Member who put this Question has himself been fined for exceeding the speed limit?
§ [No Answer was returned.]