§ 28. Viscount SANDONasked the Minister of Transport what factors other than traffic recommend the use of the roundabout system in London, in view of the fact that there has never been a single occasion when traffic, even before this system was adopted, was unable to go at full speed in the circle round the Victoria statue in front of Buckingham Palace; and whether, in view of the particular dangers to pedestrians there owing to the speed of vehicles, he will revert to the old system?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe regular flow of traffic in the vicinity of the Victoria Memorial has certainly been facilitated by the elimination of traffic intersections consequent on the introduction of the "roundabout" system. The London Traffic Advisory Committee have the working of all these systems under constant review from the point of view of public safety, and I have no doubt that they would recommend a reversion to the earlier system in any case where they were satisfied that such a course was necesary in the interest of the safety of pedestrians.