§ 58. Sir ERNEST SHEPPERSON (for Mr. de ROTHSCHILD)asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to an accident which happened on 5th February at Doddington, near March, Cambridgeshire, in which a woman was knocked down and killed by a relief omnibus, following the route of another omnibus at a distance of 35 yards; whether he is aware that the coroner's jury stated that they considered 35 yards to be a quite inadequate distance for omnibuses to follow one another; and whether he will issue regulations as to the distance to be preserved between a main and a relief omnibus following one another along the same route?
§ Mr. PYBUSMy attention has not been drawn to the accident to which my hon. Friend refers. As at present advised, I doubt whether this is a matter which could appropriately be dealt with by regulation, but the Highway Code recommends that the driver of a motor coach joining up with other motor coaches should not drive his vehicle close behind another.