In 1963 Richard Kingsland, then Secretary of the Department of the Interior, convened the 13th meeting of the Australian Road Traffic Committee and called for states to be flexible and to compromise to achieve a national traffic code.
Richard Kingsland, who served as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior in 1963, presided over the 13th meeting of the Australian Road Traffic Committee and advocated for flexibility and compromise among states to create a unified national traffic code.