§ 29. Mr. MABANEasked the Home Secretary what methods are employed by the Commissioner of Police to secure the observation in Central London of the 30-mile-an-hour speed limit by Green Line and other similar heavy passenger coaches; and how many prosecutions have been instituted since 1st November, 1931, against drivers and/or proprietors of this type of vehicle for exceeding the speed limit in the Bayswater Road, the Edgware Road, the Embankment, and Whitehall?
§ Sir H. SAMUELThe usual methods of obtaining evidence of the speed of motor vehicles—measuring the speed of a following vehicle or timing the vehicle over a measured distance—are followed in the case of heavy passenger coaches in London. Between 1st November last and 29th February three summonses were applied for against drivers of such coaches on the Embankment, and two written cautions were issued in relation to excessive speeds on the Embankment and in Edgware Road respectively.
§ Mr. MABANEIs it not notorious that these coaches persistently and daily exceed the speed limit on these routes, and 1956 is the right hon. Gentleman satisfied that the number of prosecutions is sufficient to provide an example to the drivers and proprietors of these vehicles?
§ Sir H. SAMUELI understand that the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police is giving his special attention to this matter.