MOTOR CARS AND VILLAGES
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—The sympathies of the Spectator with all that concerns the amenities of village life are so pronounced that I have no hesitation in soliciting its support to abate an evil which is daily increasing. We are, I believe, about to see the speed limit abolished. Well and good ; but, Sir, at present ears, heaVy and light, pass through Our villages at extravagant speeds. Our village constables cannot always be on point duty, and in their absence there is no check on the speed of cars, and our houses, tempers and nerves suffer accordingly. In a recent tour through Northern France I noticed at the entrance to every village a speed limit. Cannot we have by law a recognized speed limit for cars when passing through villages ? If we cannot, then I fear the joy of village life will have departed.—I am, Sir, &e.,
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