§ Viscount CURZONasked the Home Secretary what has been the number of 55W controls in operation in the Metropolitan police area for detecting infringements of the speed limit between a.m. on Saturdays and p.m. on Mondays for each weekend since the 14th of August; what has been the average number of controls for detecting cases of dangerous driving during the same period; how many police
Week-end. Speed Controls. No. of cases of dangerous driving reported by police on ordinary duty. No. of controls. No. of officers employed. No. of cases of excess speed reported. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 14–16 August … … 86 85 142 6 21–23 August … … 85 80 167 3 28–30 August … … 65 62 101 1 4–6 September … Nil Nil Nil 3 11–13 September … Nil Nil Nil 5 18–20 September … Nil Nil Nil 3 25–27 September … 2 3 Nil 3 2–4 October … … 2 5 3 4 9–11 October … … 2 5 2 7 16–18 October … … 2 3 5 3 23–25 October … … 2 3 5 3 Total … … 236 246 425 41 The average number of controls for detecting offences other than excess speed was 6.9; 65 officers were employed, being an average of 6 per week, and no cases of dangerous or negligent driving were reported by them.