One Hears
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That Simms are likely to produce a large number of sealed headlamps.
That these will be replaceable at a very low cost when the bulbs fail, as has become the custom in the U.S.A.
That service stations on Britain's new motorways must not be "tied houses."
Of a rising tide of opinion that unilateral parking should be enforced in all narrow main streets where any parking is permitted.
That although the modern "dust cart" is a great improvement on its predecessors, refuse collect4m remains a dusty process in many country towns.
From the Highway Code, the reminder that motor vehicles cannot stop dead!
That pedestrians should appreciate this fact and thereby have the best chance of stopping alive, but • how many of them see the Code?
That all schools should be legally required to include study of the Highway Code in their curriculums. That when common sense flies out of the window strikes etnne in at the door.
That the responsibility for the rise in the cost of living lies to a great extent upon reluctant workers.
The prophecy that using one's own private transport is a kind of private enterprise that may be officially discouraged.
That during the London bus strike many taxicabs were running up to 150 miles a day—very few with the flag up for more than a few yards.
That one driver described six hours of this work as killing,"