HC Deb 18 May 1938 vol 336 c414W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been directed to the evidence given by a lorry driver named Albert Henry Peake, of Watson Road, Leicester, at the inquest on Hubert Aubrey Smith, of Friern Barnet, that he fell asleep at the wheel owing to lack of rest, having driven from Leicester to London and started on the return journey after only 2½ hours rest; and will he consider taking steps to find out whether the lorry driver or his employer was responsible for these long hours of labour, with a view to prosecution?

Mr. Burgin

The licensing authority is making inquiries in this case with a view to seeing whether there are grounds on which action could properly be taken under the Road Traffic Act.