§ 82. Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked 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. MarplesThe existing regulations require the load carried by a vehicle to
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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.