Excerpt from The Metropolitan Traffic Manual: Containing the Law Relating to Road, River and Air Traffic in London and Elsewhere

This book, therefore, includes the law concerning traffic both within and without the Metropolitan Police District and the County of London.

Since it is primarily concerned with the London area, the particular bye-laws and local statutes and regulations for that area are included, together with the details of weights allowed on bridges, level crossings, and other incidents of the highways in the London area.

The abstract of the law affecting public carriages in the Metropolitan Police District, which is given to the licensed drivers and conductors of such carriages, is printed as an Appendix.

A certain duplication of matter between the body of this book and the Appendix is unavoidable, and certain portions of the Metropolitan Police Guide are reproduced in this book.

The Table of Contents and the Introduction Show the general plan of the book.

Numerous cross-references will be found in the notes, and these can be supplemented by the use of the Index and the' Table of Cases.

The difficulty of presenting any arrangement of the first part of this book which is at the same time simple and logical is caused by the confusion of areas. Certain of the statutes and regulations dealt with apply to the whole country, others may apply to the City of London or the Metropolis, or the Metropolitan Police District, or the City of London plus the Metropolitan Police District, or may exclude one of these special areas.

Where a statute is limited in its application this fact is noted either in the Table of Contents or in the text. The definitions which are given in the Introduction, and the maps which are contained in this volume, should be consulted, so as to determine which statute is appropriate to any particular case.

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