Motorists' Trials The way of the motorist is not being
made increasingly easy. The decision of the insurance companies to raise rates by 20 per cent. in London and certain other areas where the accident figures are high will practically wipe out for the owner in those districts the benefit of the reduction in licence-duty. The decision, moreover, is hard on the careful driver, and to make it equitable at all it ought to be accompanied by a substantial increase in the no-claim bonus. A driver who has made no claim for two or three years should certainly not be mulcted in an extra 20 per cent. At the same time, Mr. Hore-Belisha has definitely decided to institute tests for drivers. That will not affect motorists already on the roads, but if the tests are as rigorous as some prophets suggest they will keep off the roads drivers quite as expert as many who hold licences already.
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