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That easy hire-purchase may mean less-easy road conditions.
Of a belief that American railways will cease, by 1970, to cater for passengers.
That the opening of the new Colney by-pass should reduce headaches in Herts.
That it is all very well to say "fair's fair," but bus companies want their fares fair, too.
That in some areas building-site clay deposited on roads by lorry wheels is left from Saturday morning to Monday before being cleared.
That so vital is the part now played by the motor industry in our national economy that failure to maintain its position would have a drastic effect.
From Mr. J. H. Watts, who has big road transport interests in Africa, that air suspension may solve many of the difficulties experienced there with rough roads.
That the swopping of C and B licences for the A type is not as easy as ABC, as some optimists think.
That a Wyoming lorry driver aged 67 has received a Driver of the Month" award for 38 years at the wheel, during which he covered 2,200,000 miles without responsibility for a single accident.
That the American Eucnik articulated tipper dumps its 165-ton load at one go (when the body reaches higher than a four-storey building, and travels at 35 m.p.h. on its Firestone earthmover tyres. "How many people have lost their copies of the Highway Code?"
That in 25 years the number of goods vehicles in the U.S.A. has trebled.
That the Burlington " Seagull " is too well coached to fly away from the land.
That the great popularity of pneumatic suspension at the Turin Show indicates that it is not merely hot air.
That being ahead of schedule with the construction of new roads is a pleasant change from past delays and disappointments.
That the "Chelsea College" has its own motor repair and overhaul section which operates on the lines of a fullservice station, whilst lectures are given on transport management.
That the training given is designed carefully to balance theoretical and practical work.