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nearest highway would require to be able to withstand the impact of an average size saloon or a light van travelling at lOmph.
Initial trials with a Ford Cortina demonstrate that 99 per cent of dwellings will not meet the new regulations, so it's unlikely to get on the statute books as none of the Commissioners' houses met the requirements. The full story behind the idea will be revealed in the middle of the year when a new James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me is released.
This is just the kind of thing that our environmentalists will grab.
But instead of pushing the houses back from the road they'll be suggesting speeds of less than 10mph. When Robin Chadwick, who played the part of David. Hammondin the BBC TV series The Brothers told our reporter Peter Brown that although he had very little knowledge of transport, he would like to take his hgv licence, he could have had little idea of how quick the response would be.
The feature appeared in CM on December 24. and within six days he had an offer of tuition on his desk. The man quick off the ball was none other than Jack Brown, chairman of Atlas Express.
Jack has offered to give Robin tuition in London, and put him in the hands of an instructor who has a very high success rate.
Indeed, says Jack, "I would be very surprised if you failed your test should you accept this offer.'" So now we wait to see if the offer is accepted and with what success_