HC Deb 12 November 1959 vol 613 cc61-2W
61. Sir C. Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been during the past 12 months for noisy exhausts of motor cycles.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The only figures available are those relating to the Metropolitan Police District. In the twelve months ended 31st August, 1959, there were 365 prosecutions for the offences of using a motor cycle with defective silencing equipment or in such a way as to cause excessive noise.

62. Sir C. Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been during the past twelve months for the breaking of the speed limit by motor cycles.

Mr. R. A. Butler

In the twelve months ended 31st August, 1959, 9,168 motor cyclists were prosecuted in the Metropolitan Police District for exceeding the 30 m.p.h. or 40 m.p.h. speed limits. No comparable figure is available for the country as a whole, but analysis of a random sample of all speeding offences shows that in 1958 about 25,000 motor cyclists were prosecuted for this offence in magistrates' courts in England and Wales.