§ 43. Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the serious danger to the inhabitants of Danbury village owing to motor cars travelling at excessive speed through the village, he will authorise the imposition of a speed limit between the Bell Inn and the Bakers Arms in the main Chelmsfor-Maldon high road?
§ Colonel ASHLEYIn order to enable me to impose a special speed limit for motor cars, application for a Regulation has to be made to me by the appropriate authority under the Motor Car Act, 1903, in this case the Essex County Council. Unless the circumstances are very exceptional, however, I am not in favour of special speed limits, as I do not think that they are effective as a means of protecting the public.
§ Colonel HOWARD-BURYIs my right hon. Friend aware that on Sundays and holidays there is a great amount of traffic passing at excessive speed down the winding road on Danbury Hill, and will he not take steps to limit the speed of this traffic which is very dangerous to the inhabitants of the village?
§ Colonel ASHLEYI know the place myself, and can my hon. and gallant Friend assure me that he never goes through the village at more than 10 miles an hour?
§ Colonel HOWARD-BURYThere is no speed limit at present, and I am entitled to go 20 miles an hour.