§ 12. Mr. McENTEEasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the increasing number of fatal and serious accidents to pedestrians due to dangerous driving, he proposes to take steps to reimpose a speed limit on all motor vehicles?
§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Mr. Oliver Stanley)Driving a motor vehicle at a speed which is dangerous in all the circumstances of the case is already an offence for which heavy penalties are provided by the Road Traffic Act, 1930. I have the whole question of road accidents under constant examination, and, as the hon. Member is probably aware, a special inquiry is now being carried out through the police into the causes and circumstances of all fatal accidents. In the light of past experience, however, I am not satisfied that the re-imposition of a general speed limit for all motor vehicles would prove an effective means for reducing the number of accidents.