SPEED OF MOTOR COACHES [To the 'Editor of the SrEerwroa.]
em,– Probably all of your readers will agree with Mr. J. A. Fletcher's letter which appeared on April 14th so far as the speed of motor coaches is concerned. The administration of the law is made ridiculous when public advertisements announce speeds in excess of the legal maximum.
But Mr. Fletcher will, I hope, find no sympathy in the method he proposes to adopt to check this evil. The object of all road users should be to do all in their power to accelerate traffic. Perhaps Mr. Fletcher has not suffered the annoyance of being held up for miles on a narrow road by some self- righteous and timid driver who thinks that no one has a right to pass him (or probably her), because his speed is the legal maximum.
Incidentally, Mr. Fletcher shows himself a dangerous ,guide when he says that if you refuse to allow motor coaches to overtake " the law is on your side." Under the Highways Act of 1835, Section 78, it is an offence wilfully to obstruct the passage of any other user of a highway.—I am, Sir, &c., GUY F. JOHNSON. 9 Wellington Place, St. John's Wood, N.W. 8.
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