§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is 244W aware of the growing practice of motor vehicles being used on the roads with left-hand drives and no signals; and whether he will make it legally obligatory for all three- and four-wheeled mechanically propelled vehicles to be equipped with automatic or electrical indicators.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI have no evidence that the number of motor vehicles with left-hand drives and without signals on the roads is increasing or that they constitute an appreciable source of accidents. I should not feel justified in treating them specially.
I am, however, inviting the views of organisations chiefly concerned on whether the fitting of direction indicators should now be made compulsory on motor vehicles generally.