At the dinner of the Automobile Club, held on Thursday
night, Mr. Chaplin, the ex-President of the Local Government Board, made a very sensible speech on the subject of motor- car speed. He admitted that the regulations as to speed framed by him in 1896 had proved unnecessarily restrictive. In his opinion, a speed of twenty to twenty-five miles an hoar might be permitted on the highway. A clear distinction ought to be drawn between driving through towns and villages and driving in the open country. Cara capable of very great speed should be identified by numbers, and their drivers should possess certificates. In our opinion, the simplest and best solution of the problem would be to enact that any motor-car should be free from the present restrictions as to speed on country roads, provided it was in charge of a certified driver and bore some badge making identification easy.
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