§ 33. Mr. Pageasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will exercise his powers with regard to "no waiting" signs so that in order to implement Recommendation No. 19 of the Report of the Committee of 1936 on Road Safety among School Children, the parking of vehicles in the vicinity of school exits may be prohibited.
§ The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Mr. G. R. H. Nugent)No, Sir; In our view it is preferable that proposals for waiting restrictions outside schools should be considered on their merits in the same way as waiting restrictions generally.
§ Mr. PageDoes not the hon. Gentleman recognise the danger of parked vehicles outside schools? Cannot waiting signs be used not only for the convenience of the flow of traffic but to protect pedestrians, and particularly child pedestrians? Since this principle has been recognised by the studs in the approach to zebra crossings, cannot it be applied to the exits from schools?
§ Mr. NugentYes, it is on its merits considered desirable to have waiting restrictions outside the schools. We recently had the advice of the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee. It advised us to introduce not a general ban but waiting restrictions.