28 SEPTEMBER 1934, Page 6

So Mr. Hore-Belisha wants to make us all cross the

road on his grids or between his studs. I shall be in- terested to see the psychological reactions to that. It is possible to carry regimentation too far, and to banish every pedestrian from the roadway except where a cross- ing is marked is going a long way. Moreover at busy crossings there would be so steady a stream of pedestrians that cars would never get past at all. The Minister of Transport could very well give London a little rest and see what can be done to make main roads safer. The general " staggering ". of road junctions, which someone urged at an Oxford conference this week, would be all