Road Safety The considerations laid before the Minister of Transport
by the two great motoring associations are concrete and practicable, and, as the conclusions of responsible bodies should be treated with respect. The R.A.C. supports . the conclusion arrived at by many ex- perienced motorists—that the imposition of driving tests would not greatly increaSe the safety Of the roads. It is not the inexperienced. but the reckless and selfish driver who is mainly responsible for accidents ; and no test can put a permanent check upon persons of this type. One of the main objects of legislation should be to maintain all road surfaces as far as possible on a uniform level of safety. Now that anti-skid surfaces have been devised, no considerations of economy or anything else should prevent them from being put into general use. The very variety of surface which exists. at present is an added danger to the unwary. There is also a quite clear justification for the -its° of a speed limit in towns and villages. The Corporation of Oxford. was compelled by circumstances to reintroduce it ; and the same circumstances must occur wherever main roads run into crowded, narrow, or twisted streets.
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