From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
List of exceptions for motor vehicle usage for purposes such as professional, public duty, emergency, and commercial.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\6\ Scan023 | |
| Date | 9th January 1917 | |
| -2- other means of conveyance is reasonably available; (2) for the purpose of the profession, trade or business carried on by, or the necessary household affairs of, the person on whose behalf the motor vehicle is being used where the journey cannot otherwise be reasonably and conveniently accomplished, provided that the conveyance of a person for the whole or part of the distance between his residence and place of business shall not be deemed to be a journey undertaken for the purpose of his profession, trade or business if railway or other means of communication be reasonably available. (3) in the performance of any public duty for the whole or part of a journey which cannot otherwise be reasonably and conveniently accomplished either in whole or in part; (4) on any sudden or urgent necessity, where life or limb is or may be endangered; (5) in the performance of ambulance work or for the purpose of attendance upon a sick or injured person where such attendance cannot otherwise be reasonably provided; (6) for funerals; (7) in the conveyance of a duly qualified medical practitioner or veterinary surgeon while it is being used by him for the purposes of his profession (8) for the purposes of the Red Cross Society, Saint John Ambulance Association or any similar Red Cross Society approved by the Admiralty or Army Council or by the Allied Governments. (b) for driving a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted for use, and is used, solely for the conveyance of any goods or burden in the course of trade or husbandry, and whereon the Christian name and surname, and place of abode or place of business of the person, or the name or style and principal or only place of business of the company or firm keeping the same, shall be legibly and visibly painted in letters of not less than one inch in length; (c) for driving any motor vehicle licensed to ply for hire, provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the restriction placed upon the use of motor spirit by char-a-bancs and other like vehicles under (CONTD) | ||