§ 64. Sir GEORGE PENNYasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the high speed at which many of the 861 heavy passenger motor coaches are driven on the roads, he will make it compulsory for a schedule time record of each journey to be made by the driver, both as a protection to the public and to provide evidence should it be required in case of accidents?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONSubsections (3) and (5) of Section 72 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, provide for the submission to the Traffic Commissioners of time-tables or of other particulars as to the times to be taken on the journeys and the Commissioners are required to refuse road service licences if, from the particulars deposited, it seems likely that the speed limit applicable to the vehicle will be contravened. It will be for the Traffic Commissioners to consider whether in certain cases the maintenance of a time record should be made a condition of the grant of a road service licence.