Author: Carrol Romer

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9781440090325

Excerpt from The Metropolitan Traffic Manual: Containing the Law Relating to Road, River and Air Traffic in London and Elsewhere The general and complete right of a subject to pass along a highway may be limited by General and Local Rules controlling the use and passage of vehicles and animals on highways. This book is concerned with these rules which make up the subject of Traffic. For example, rules regulating motor traffic limit the right to use these vehicles on highways, other rules limit the right to drive cattle on highways. With such rules this book is concerned. The subject of highways in general, and in particular the subject of the repair of highways and power to break up streets, &c., is not dealt with, save that on pp. 8 to 16 will be found some remarks on highways and their repair, nuisances on highways, accident cases, and carriers, which it is thought may be useful, though the statements are too brief and general to carry any authority. The subject of traffic is various in the sense that some rules are general and some local, and in the sense that the persons, animals, and vehicles affected are of many descriptions. The subject has been dealt with by setting out the relevant statutes, orders and bye-laws, and adding notes and cross-references. Certain sections of statutes have been abbreviated, and where this has been done the words are enclosed in square brackets ]. Italics in sections of statutes are used either to show repeal or words introduced by subsequent legislation. Where not obvious the meaning of the italics is explained by a note. The broad classification adopted is as follows: Statutes affecting the use of highways are dealt with in chronological order in three groups: Chapter I, Acts special to the Metropolis (County of London); Chapter II, Acts in force within and outside the Metropolis; Chapter III, Acts in force outside the Metropolis. From these three groups the Acts controlling (a) locomotives and motor cars, (b) stage and hackney carriages, (c) tramcars, (d) boats, and (e) aircraft, have been withdrawn, so that these five classes of traffic can be dealt with concisely and separately. To this have been added: (1) a chapter containing a collection of the chief provisions of local bye-laws in force within the Metropolitan Police District and which affect the movement of traffic; (2) a chapter containing lists applying to the Metropolitan Police District of (a) bridges upon which weight is restricted, (b) low bridges, (c) fords and watersplashes, (d) thoroughfares through which the passage of motor vehicles is prohibited; (3) an Appendix containing the abstract of laws controlling stage and hackney carriages within the Metropolitan Police District and the City of London. In the result Part I deals with the use of highways; Part II deals with the use of a vehicle of a particular class. The Appendix is a part of Part II. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.