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Move To Ban Pillion Riding
Road Safety Council Proposals
Speed Limit Of 40 M.P.H. To Be Sought.
Brisbane, Nov. 14. – As a means of cutting down the high motor cycle casualty rate, the Government will be asked by the Queensland Road Safety Council to ban pillion-riding and set the maximum speed for the machines at 40 miles an hour – each proposal for a trial period of 12 months.
The recommendations were decided on by a council sub-committee, which investigated the reasons for road accidents.
The vice-chairman of the Road Safety Council (Mr. B. E. Ridding) said to-day that their recommendations, which would go to the State Government, were:-
That the establishment and operation of motor cycle training schools throughout the State should be encouraged and developed.
That the Police Department be asked to investigate the possibility of motor cyclists beingrequired to carry a learner’s plate for a period after the