19 JANUARY 1962, Page 14

SIR,—Burglars will be well advised to operate under the influence,

then they can be excused 'partly be- cause they are often unaware of their condition.'

Your last sentence reminds me that the speed limits in the parks were increased from 20 m.p.h. 'partly because the law [was] so extensively broken that it [was] not reinforced by moral. sanctions.'

You can do better than this, I am sure.

BASIL. A. CRIPPS

15 Ileathwood Gardens, Swanley, Kent