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That tail-wagging conciliates no drivers.
That 75 per cent. of Britain's traffic-signal installa4ions are of the fixed-cycle type.
That the Southern Scotland Licensing Authority had to inform a railway representative that applications for claimed tonnage could not be opposed Of surprising changes in trade personnel.
That we consumed over 1,000 million gallons of motor spirit in 1933.
Of a new Goodyear pneumatic claimed to give 43 per cent. longer non-skid wear, That the Americans certainly understand —and practise—t h c streamlining of commercial vehicles. The heavitr the vehicle the politer the driver.
That there is less difference now than of old between winter and sunimer country-bus services.
That less than five years of a 30 m.p.h. limit should be enough to convince a Minister of Transport as to the impracticability of the scheme.
Much condemnation of trailer-brake inefficiency.
That there may soon be less uniformity in petrol prices.
Of many unsuccessful attempts to invent a short, expressive name for automatic traffic signals.
That unless such names come spontaneously they never catch on.