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Bus Stations Must IN the ordinary course bus 'stations need little looking after, but if they are to be of greater use than the street stand, those responsible might bestir themselves a little in the case of emergencies. The recent prolonged visitation of snow and fog in the north-west showed up some weaknesses. It should not be necessary for the passenger to awaken the infant behind the glass trap to End out whether services are cancelled or merely running late; a notice board would do all that is necessary, whilst public telephone facilities are desirable at the more important stops. When there are queues, those in them should have preference. It is annoying to be kept behind the barrier whilst late-corners scramble for the best places. Become More Efficient
Glazed Sections to r_OOD ideas often emanate'
Improve the Visibility from unlikely quarters and of Kerbs if they come from sourcci which are backed by experience of the difficulties it is desired to remove then they are deserving of every attention. A case in point is that of a lorry driver employed by Leeds Fireclay Co., Ltd., London, who, in the course of his duties, hit a kerb on a misty night, narrowly avoiding a serious accident with his vehicle. He submitted an idea to his employers for the use of pure-white glazed kerbs, and the company, as a maker of glazed materials, was so impressed with its possibilities that it carried out exhaustive tests. It was found that the sections were strikingly visible • in foggy weather, whilst rain keeps them white.
The Man Who Lost ()NE of the best fog stories His Bus Through \--fthat we have heard comes
Smoking from Accrington. It concerns a man who struck a match on the mudguard of a bus that he intended to catch, lighted his pipe, and then found that the bus had gone.
New Year Message THE President of the Society from the President I of Motor Manufacturers and S.M.M. and T. . . Traders, in a New Year message, recomm6ncls a bold policy to bring the maintenance and construction of main roads under a central authority composed of men with vision and foresight. .
Big Increase in Use A LTHOUGH November last
of Agricultural was said to be the wettest Tractors in meteorological annals, the sale of Fordson tractors in the United Kingdom for the three months, OctoberDecember, showed an increase of 45 per cent. as compared with the corresponding period of 1934. The overseas demand is also growing rapidly. Film Pro p as a n da 'THE case for mechanical Against Use of Horsed transport against the em Transport ployment of the horse is being helped by a news film, which shows pictures of horses in service on the road compared with their agricultural work, and asks why the poor animals should still be subjected to partial poisoning by exhaust fumes. They So often receive the full effect of these while halted in traffic with their heads immediately above the exhaust outlets.
Showing Operators
How Their Vehicles ALINK between manufac
turer and .operator which are Made redounds to the advantage of
both is that whereby visits to the works of the former ar& arranged for the benefit of the latter. Coaches and Components, Lid., the distributor for Dennis vehicles in London, north of• the Thames, recently planned such a trip, when 40 coach operators in London made a profitable journey in Lancet coaches to the Dennis works, at Guildford, where they saw the modern methods of manufacture that contribute to the success of Dennis products.