The 2d Irish Road Congress: Record of Proceedings, Dublin, 1911Cahill & Company, Limited, 1911 - 247 pages |
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Page 1 - If any person drives a motor car on a public highway recklessly or negligently, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition, and use of the highway, and to the amount of traffic which actually is at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the highway, that person shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
Page 174 - if any person drives a motor vehicle on a road recklessly, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the road, and the amount of traffic which is actually at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the road...
Page 61 - Board shall have power, with the approval of the Treasury — (a) to make advances to county councils and other highway authorities in respect of the construction of new roads or the improvement of existing roads ; (b) to construct and maintain any new roads ; which appear to the Board to be required for facilitating road traffic.
Page 175 - ... altered by them without any application from the local authority ; but the Board are required, before revoking or altering any such regulations, to consider any objections which may be raised by the local authority. Section 8 of the Act of 1903 empowers the Board to prohibit or restrict the driving of motor cars, or of any special kind of motor cars, on any specified highway, or part of a highway (a) which does not exceed sixteen feet in width, or (i) on which ordinary motor car traffic would,...
Page 174 - Act (which relates to the rate of speed of motor cars) is hereby repealed, but a person shall not, under any circumstances, drive a motor car on a public highway at a speed exceeding twenty miles per hour, and, within any limits or place referred to in regulations made by the Local Government Board with a view to the safety of the public on the application of the local authority of the area in which the limits or place are situate, a person shall not drive a motor car at a speed...
Page 61 - Kingdom and of the administration of the road improvement grant provided under any Act passed in the present or any future session of Parliament...
Page 61 - Act, 1920.) (4) An advance to a highway authority may be either by way of grant or by way of loan, or partly in one way and partly in the other, and shall be upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit.
Page 61 - Act the expression •' improvement of roads " includes the widening of any road, the cutting off the corners of any road where land is required to be purchased for that purpose, the levelling of roads, the treatment of a road for mitigating the nuisance of dust, and the doing of any other work in respect of roads beyond ordinary repairs essential to placing a road in a proper state of repair ; and the expression " roads " includes bridges, viaducts, and subways.
Page 175 - ... driver unacquainted with the locality and which may be of various kinds, it is unsafe to drive over a stretch of road at a greater rate than this. Narrow or winding lengths of road or street, with side roads entering at unexpected points, will furnish illustrations of the type of roadway referred to. Restrictions under section 8, it will be observed, are only available where the road is very narrow, or where for other reasons ordinary motor car traffic would in the Board's opinion be especially...
Page 197 - I would like to propose a very hearty vote of thanks to the Chief Guest of this morning, Mr.