§ 35. Mr. E. Johnsonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will amend the regulations so as to compel the appropriate highway authorities to make use of the system of road marking used in Belgium and consisting of a combination of solid and intermittent white lines where the view ahead is restricted on three-line highways.
§ Mr. WatkinsonAs I told the hon. and gallant Member for Gloucestershire, South (Captain Corfield) on 22nd February, I hope to make experiments with a wider range of road markings to control overtaking, and am taking into account European and American experience. The powers to enable me to conduct these experiments are contained in Clause 28 of the Road Traffic Bill now before Parliament.
§ Mr. JohnsonWould not my right hon. Friend agree that roads with three lines of traffic are especially dangerous where they go over hills or round corners, and that the number of accidents would be reduced if he had powers to enforce observance on the lines I have indicated?
§ Mr. WatkinsonYes, I agree with my hon. Friend, and I want to make a great deal more use of road markings, but until this Bill is passed I have no legal powers of enforcement.