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• Appreciation of the first R.H.A. advertisements on free enterprise in haulage. • That " York" now means More to road transport than a Dick Turpin episode.
Of the country bus being more and more in the news, but less and less on the road. '
The query: "Why shouldn't the railways also be left to fight their own battles? "
That their present scheme is to pick the hauliers' pockets to pay their £400m. debt.
That there must be something wrong with any form of transport that has to keep owing to keep going.
"Why not tryfor those B.B.C. Television News Chronicle prizes up to 0,000—they might start a transport business for you?"
That the possibilities of plastics for mass-produced cab construction are being investigated by at least one prominent manufacturer.
That the experimental importing of liquid gas has proved so successful that it is being planned to increase the number of tankers for its transport.
From the Lord Mayor of London, of his admiration for the exceptional courtesy of long-distance drivers, even after many hours (presumably legal) at the wheel.
That any strangulation of commercial road transport would have a similar effect on our trade for which more use of the railways could not compensate. Of the future availability of air suspension for a mass . .
produced ambulance chassis.
That many cars could well do with rubber wings—if their appearance was not spoiled.
That, in giving evidence, many .people-are confused over the words " passing " and "overtaking.;' That to " overtake " one must draw ahead and usually, pass, but if a vehicle be in oncoming traffic, passing occurs without overtaking.
That polyurethane foam is being used in the U.S; to fill blowholes in metal castings and to support fuel tanks.
That the latest Mack "New Look" transit buses have gold-coloured plastics front grilles and dual headlights.