Opposition to Road Tolls
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ATOLL would not be a sound means for modernizing the roads. This conclusion was reached by the standing joint committee of the motoring organizations at their first 1954 meeting in London.
Consideration was given to a clause in an Order made by Edinburgh Corporation which seeks to prohibit motorists from setting-down or pickingup passengers at bus stops. Lorries or vans are not to be so restricted when goods are being loaded or unloaded. It was decided to oppose such discrimination.
The committee took the view that penalties prescribed by general law arc entirely adequate to deal with cases of unnecessary obstruction. To seek purely local powers was superfluous and undesirable.
A clause in the Birmingham Corporation Bill would give power to prevent vehicles from being parked on forecourts, if considered by the council to he detrimental on the grounds of amenitY. The committee thought that such arbitrary powers would be an unnecessary interference with privaie rights and might increase congestion by preventing vehicles from being parked off the highway.