One Hears
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That every "down tools" leads to "up costs, up prices, more export difficulties."
From one who is sick of holes in the road, that concrete surfaces seem, like promises and pie crusts, made to be broken.
That regular air services in the U.S.A. are considered to be so safe that a pilot is said to be in four times greater danger of death when in his car.
From a reader who has lately had to mix road and rail travel, that bus personnel have better manners and give more reliable information than do railway employees. That oil engines are likely to be increasingly "blown."
Doubts expressed as to whether some existing " heavies " will cope successfully with that 30-m.p.h. limit.
That one of the many phrases that have lost all significance in the post-war world is "the ruling class."
That the production of electricity from nuclearreactor stations should do much to encourage electric traction by road.
That politicians who are inclined to open their mouths too wide often render disservice to causes, countries and the world.
That the wide-open mouth may be an„....,Mdication of a narrow, rather than an open, mind:
That, judging by the need for extra heavy loads on some roads, it isn't only the foot-slogger who may be handicapped by weak arches.
That leaving unlighted mobile machinery under a road lamp' in the dark is no safety measure where lights are switched off at midnight.
That if these strikes continue the headache may be turned into an empty stomach-ache for the workers who have priced us out of world markets and themselves out of employment.