§ 38. Major DESPENCER-ROBERTSONasked the Minister of Transport whether any and, if so, what steps have been taken to ensure that motor omnibus companies' time-tables are now in accordance with the provisions of the Road Traffic Act; and whether he will take steps to ensure that, in the case of excessive speeds due to the necessity of keeping to a too short time-table, penalties are imposed on the companies instead of on the drivers?
§ Mr. PYBUSThe Traffic Commissioners are under a statutory obligation to satisfy themselves that the provisions of the Road Traffic Act relating to the speed of motor vehicles are not likely to be contravened, and it is their practice to 271 examine time-tables and schedules from this point of view. As regards the second part of the question, I would draw attention to the provisions in Section 10 of the Act as to employers who aid or abet the commission of an offence.