§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the fact that, when a Green Line coach driver was fined by the Hendon Court on 22nd August for exceeding the 30-mile-per-hour speed limit, it was stated that drivers of the Green Line coaches were under a disability through not having speedometers fixed to their vehicles; and whether he will issue regulations requiring the fitting of speedometers to these vehicles before the stage carriage department issues licences?
§ Mr. PYBUSThe vehicles to which the hon. Member refers fall, for purposes of licensing, in the same category as the London short stage omnibus. I have not up to the present thought it necessary to require vehicles of this general class to be fitted with speedometers. As a first step, however, I have made a Regulation which requires that as from 1st January every vehicle when used as an express carriage (that is on a journey with a minimum fare of one shilling) shall be fitted with an efficient speedometer so placed as to be easily read by the driver.