HC Deb 23 November 1959 vol 614 cc11-2W
82. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Minister of Transport what steps he is taking to keep off the M.1 refuse lorries and other trucks with loose loads of hard objects which fall off at high speeds, causing danger to other vehicles.

Mr. Marples

The existing regulations require the load carried by a vehicle to

FIRST FEATURES
Year Total Failures Total Prosecutions Total Convictions Average Quota Achievement Average Quota Prescribed
Per cent. Per cent.
1949–50 2,335 Nil Nil 30 34
1950–51 771 10 8 28 26
1951–52 1,042 15 10 27 26
1952–53 884 5 5 28 26
1953–54 734 9 9 29 25
1954–55 529 Nil Nil 29 25
1955–56 599 Nil Nil 29 25
1956–57 419 Nil Nil 32 26
1957–58 237 (a) (a) 35 26
1958–59 Not yet known
SUPPORTING PROGRAMME
1949–50 2,195 Nil Nil 23 25
1950–51 2,340 10 7 22 25
1951–52 1,901 11 7 24 25
1952–53 1,626 4 4 26 25
1953–54 1,116 8 8 28 25
1954–55 642 Nil Nil 31 24
1955–56 543 Nil Nil 30 24
1956–57 800 Nil Nil 28 24
1957–58 638 (a) (a) 29 24
1958–59 Not yet known
(a) Proceedings have not yet been instituted.

be so secured that nothing can fall off dangerously. Responsibility in this, as in other matters affecting road safety, must rest with the drivers of the vehicles concerned, and I should not feel myself justified, in the light of the available evidence, in excluding from M.1 vehicles in the class suggested by my hon. Friend.