27 AUGUST 1937, Page 21

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Snt,—My experience on the

Bench strongly supports your view that whilst some motor offences are ethically serious, others have no moral significance. Often I have heard constables giving evidence in speed prosecutions candidly conclude with the words : "The road was clear, your worships ; there was no danger." How. can a moral stigma attach in such a case ? There is a serious danger that the breach of morals may be transferred to the Bench when for a technical offence they impose a fine which may be oppressive to a poor family.—Yours, &c., CHARLES WRIGHT, Sutton.