HC Deb 11 February 1932 vol 261 cc1038-9W
Mr. O'CONNOR

asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the inauguration of a daily service of 120-horse-power lorries designed to haul 16½ tons, of produce daily from Penzance to London in a running time of 13 hours for the distance of 305, miles; and whether, in view of the impossibility of maintaining this service without frequent breaches of the, speed, limit, laid down for this class of vehicle in the Schedule to the Road Traffic Act, 1930, he proposes to cause proceedings to be take against the company which has instituted this service?

Mr. PYBUS

I have seen a reference in the Press to the inauguration of a service of the nature referred to by my hon. Friend. The enforcement of the provisions of the First Schedule to the Road Traffic Act, 1930, with regard to the speeds at which motor vehicles of various classes may be driven is a matter for the police, whose attention is being drawn to the matter.