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Responsibilities of IS a driver entitled to assume Drivers Questioned in that pedestrians will obey Court of Appeal . . traffic light signals, and is he
under a duty to anticipate actions that could not be expected of a reasonable person? • These questions arose in a recent case in the Court of Appeal, in which London Transport appealed against the judgment of Mr. Justice Humphreys in awarding 1250 damages to a woman who said she was knocked down by a bus while at a recognized pedestrian crossing. The Master of the Rolls, in a dissenting judgment, said that the woman had crossed the road when the lights were not in her favour, and that the driver did everything possible to avoid a collision. Lords Justices Cohen and Asquith however, maintained that the bus driver did not have an uninterrupted view of the crossing as he approached it, and should therefore have driven at a speed that would have enabled him to stop before reaching the crossing. The appeal was dismissed.
Mr. Know-all Falls THE scene was a London Heavily From His I bus. An elderly man Pedestal mounted and asked the con
ductor if the bus went to . Immediately a passenger broke in to say that the vehicle went there, and he proceeded to reel off a long list of other bus services also going to this place. A minute or two later, Mr. Know-All peered out of a window, looked somewhat perturbed, and asked the conductor where the bus, which was travelling west, was. The conductor appeared surprised, e14
and replied, "Piccadilly, of course," whereupon his questioner leapt to his feet and said, "Heavens! I am travelling in the wrong direction. I wanted 'The Angel,' Islington." His discomfiture was not relieved by the roar of laughter which accompanied his hurried exit.
What the Ratepayer URING a demonstration Needs to Appreciate of the Dennis HR C.
Good Councillorship . refuse collector on that com
pany's stand at the Public Works Exhibition, Olympia, a smartly dressed woman and two men joined the others. They showed keen interest in the compressing action of the loader, and were greatly astonished when the body "broke in halves" during the tipping action. The female member of the party aptly summed up their feelings by the remark, "Let's buy one of these and demonstrate it outside the Town Hall. The ratepayers will think we are really doing something good with their money."
Driver of Pool A N amusing little sign of the Tanker Borrows Some 1—Itimes was afforded the Fuel other day when a Pool petrol
tanker was delivering 500 gallons of fuel at a garage near Barnard Castle. Having completed the job, the driver walked into the garage office and asked whether he might borrow two gallons of petrol to get him back to his depot, some miles away, as his vehicle tank was nearly dry.
Why So Much Glass THERE seems to be an During Its Present Day 1extraordinary amount of
"Scarcity"? . . . glass on the roads these days.
There is, of course, the inevitable milk bottle, sometimes lying in gutters and crushed by the close passing of a vehicle, at other times flung on the streets by children. There are also mysterious patches of unidentifiable glass, and it would almost appear that these are sometimes placed there as a matter of spite. In all, these obstructions must result in quite a number of tyre failures. What is more, they are often left lying for considerable
periods. Soon drivers will be expected to carry brushes to clean up the roads.
What Materials Can THOSE bodybuilders who We Use for Our are hoping for large in Bodies ? creases in the supply of suit able timber will certainly be disappointed. It has been stated that to purchase our normal requirements for all purposes would cost about £120,000,000 per annum.. Even steel, light metals and plastics are, therefore, likely to be avail
able in larger quantities than is good wood. Housing alone must inevitably involve the use of a considerable amount of timber, if only for floors. It can be no joy these days to be a bodybuilder who has hitherto specialized in wood construction.
Why Blisters and Air `—/OtsiE people are puzzled by Pockets Form on the formation of blisters or Tyres air pockets on the walls of a comparatively new tyrc. A good explanation of this was given at a recent brains trust held by the Scottish Centre of the J.R.T.E. It was stated that blisters are the result of looseness developing beween the tread and the carcase, mainly consequent upon running a tyre under arduous conditions of speed or load, or both, which causes overheating. This heat impairs the adhesion under the action of further heat developed by friction between the loosened surfaces. The rubber undergoes a change and a crumb-like substance is formed which is greater in volume than the ordinary rubber, hence the blister. This may then burst and air be allowed to enter.