ROAD CASUALTIES
Sta,—I note with deep regret that from figures you give it appears that the slaughter of innocents on the roads still continues. Nothing practical has yet been done to try and stop it. I suggest that the speed of cars on the road in built-up areas should be reduced to 15 miles per hour everywhere except in London (where distances are so great as to prevent the application of the new rule).
I think also something might be done by making it a punishable offence for parents to permit their children to utilise the roads as playgrounds in built-up areas. They might also be compelled by law to insist on their children, if they go out to play, having white bands round their clothes if they are not entirely dressed in white. I think practical measures such as these might result in the reduction of the appalling figures.—Your
obedient servant, FAIRFIELD. Fairfield House, Caldy, Cheshire.
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