Sir F. HALLasked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to Smith's anti-mud-splashing guard, a devise invented for the purpose of obviating the great inconvenience caused to pedestrians by mud splashing of heavy motor vehicles; whether this contrivance has been tested by Scotland Yard authorities; if so, what was the opinion of the officers who were present at the test; and whether he will consider the advisability of taking steps to introduce legislation to cause such vehicles to be fitted with this or some similar device with the object of rendering pedestrians immune from this great inconvenience?
§ Mr. GOSLINGThe answers to the first and second parts of the question are in the affirmative. It would not be proper for me to express an opinion as to the merits of any particular device, but, speaking generally, I may say that no device for reducing mud-splashing by motor vehicles has yet been discovered which is sufficiently satisfactory and effective to justify the introduction of legislation or the issue of Regulations making the use of such devices compulsory.