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"Are some of our thoroughfares called 'trunk' roads because they are always paCked for holidays?"
That some manceuvrers in narrow roads make other drivers, held up by their antics, wonder how they manage to pass the driving test.
That West Germany has in view a general speed limit of 31 m.p.h. for built-up areas, and on the open road 50 m.p.h. for buses and lorries, and 37 m.p.h. for lorries with trailers.
That as the result of a plebiscite in Sweden, taken on " the rule of the road," over 83 per cent. voted for keeping to the left, about 15 per cent, wanted to change and fewer than 2 per cent. were undecided. Hopes that the up-to-date Thames will keep rolling along like Old Father Thames.
That hauliers should be able to say to C-licensees: "Do not do it yourself, we do it better "—and prove the truth of their claim.
That 50,000 hauliers are available—ready, willing and able—and modesty concerning that ability does not pay.
A question as to whether it might not be cheaper in the long run to provide a driver's mate for any vehicle carrying a load of really high value.
That this might be a checkmate on thieves and a check on a driver who had been "got at."
Of new American anodized lightalloy extrusions giving an unusually
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That it may be impossible for British industry to pay its way if employees are always busy weighing their pay.
That 75 per cent. of coal, 80 per cent. of the hydro-power reserves, 80 per cent, of, the timber and much of the iron and non-ferrous deposits of Russia are concentrated in Siberia.
That in these days when every penny saved may mean many gained, farmers are talking of breeding thrifty cows and commercial-vehicle manufacturers of producing more thrifty vehicles.