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ONE HEARS Of motor lorry convoys.

4th September 1923
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Of the adoption of the C.A.V. battery on the Ford.

That our wood surface and tarred roads need more sand.

That some of our drivers are accused of having too much of it.

Of a Scammell seen carrying a complete 4-ton A.E.C. lorry.

That, at the same time the above vehicle was towing a sidecar outfit.

That the Ford Co. have cut out all chance of fooling with the cut-out in future.

That Mr. H. E. Blain has made a marvellous recovery after a wonderful operation.

That there is no housing problem for the axle, while even the tyre can get a little flat.

That Hephwstus doesn't use the heraldic arrange-. merit of lines, etc., to denote different colours.

Through the daily papers, of another new London General bus to be brought into service next spring.

However, that there never was a time when the engineering department of the L.G.O.C. bad not a new model on the stocks.

That the recent bad weather has once again emphasized the need for effective splash-guards in towns.

That, although a new anti-splash device is patented every week, none seem to survive.

That a compulsory rear-view mirror on all heavy vehicles would effectually remedy the road obstruction evil.

Questions as to how much the "YorkSafe and Lock Co." paid for damage done -to the streets of Cleveland, Ohio !

A suggestion that the circular man-holes were probably elliptical when finished with.

Anent "Learning Geography from Lorries," that, by getting in their way, you can often learn language from the drivers.

That the question of one-day licences for coaches is being herd up until a decision is reached regarding the ultimate form of motor vehicle taxation.

That, as there has been no standing still in bus design, there is no justification for regarding the goods vehicle as incapable of improvement.

That our offer of sums totalling 2250 should be productive of many ideas the adoption of -which should tend to reduce the number of accidents on the highways.

That Lloyd's give a reduction of 10 per cent. on ordinary insurance premiums in favour of lorries . fitted with the Westinghouse system of pneumatic operation for brakes. Of linguistic London busmen.

Of suggestions for coloured roads.

That motor coach fares are now coming down in a hurry.

That the taxi-cabby favours a one-way traffic system.

That the never-stop train idea may be extended to other vehicles.

Somebody asking if the American government will confiscate fermenting jam.

That perhaps jam doesn't ferment in a dry country.

Much that displays ignorance of the practicability of the covered-in double-deck bus.

Of new roads with two different classes of surfacing for the use of motor and horse -eaffic.

That the results of the census taken on secondclass roads is being awaited with interest.

?Vow, of a scheme of motor-express roads leased to the railways, but will not hear much more of it.

As advice to coach proprietors—" Look after your passengers and your takings will look after themselves."

That The Commercial Motor appears to have set the fashion in long-distance cross-country bus journeys.

That the pump couldn't have been the source from which Halley's artist drew his inspiration for last week's ad.

That it doesn't seem so long since "To Paris and back in half a day" was greeted with roars of laughter in a music hall song.

That it is now no airy fancy. .

Even more criticisms of the Manchester pro-tramway report than had been expected.

It asserted that a bus-owning concern would be willing to pay the Manchester Corporation £300,000 a year for a motorbus monopoly of passenger-carrying in the city.

That the L.G.O.C. do not agree that drivers should gain their experience on by-roads before being allowed to drive in busy traffic thoroughfares.

Of a wonderful American scheme for improving our highways and accelerating the speed of our traffic, the little item of cost in respect of widening the roads to 360 feet being passed over in a few words.

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