The Committee proposes that for a first offence of driving
recklessly, or with criminal intent, the maximum penalty should be raised from £20 to £50, and, of course, the driver's licence could also be suspended or a new linenoe be withheld. It is proposed that for a second or subsequent offence the maximum fine should be £100, and that the suspension of the licence or disqualification for getting a new licence, for a period to be determined by the court, should be compulsory. The court would also be authorized to inflict imprisonment for six months. Another recommendation is that motor-cars should be equipped with signals to show when a driver intends to stop or to turn to the right. If this recommendation should be adopted, the objection to the "left-hand drive" would, of course, disappear, provided that the driver from his scat on the near side of the car could operate the signals on the off ,side.
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