One Hears

11th November 1955, Page 95

11th November 1955

Page 95

Page 95, 11th November 1955 — One Hears

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The query, "Will the air pollution Bill deal with offices where the air gets blue with Monday-morning tempers? "

A reader's commerrt that the answer to any legal question is very seldom " as easy as might appear at first sight."

Someone wondering if, with Woodcock turned haulier, Turpin will take to the roads—though not in the same way as his namesake.

That even so-called "unimportant towns" have their traffic problems and few of their inhabitants would consider that they come into such a category.

The suggestion that some accidents to pedestrians may be due to the fact that " moderns " who seldom walk forget that leg's carry them more slowly than do wheels.

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That road transport's Christmas motto might be Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards Railways.

That a paper on "-Fretting Corrosion" is to be read before the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

That some people may feel that they suffer from this complaint.

That all magistrates are to be tougher about dangerous driving and it is up to drivers to make this toughness unnecessary.

Of those who see no reason why the railways should have any traffic that they cannot handle with economy, speed and efficiency.

A reader asking: "Did everyone at the N.A.F.W.R. Conference, except Mr. Boyd-Carpenter, wear spectacles? Or was the "CM." photographer out for "spectacular pictures " ?

What a nerve to blame derv!

That there are some occasions when two hoots are better than none.

Of those who say that passenger transport in a Welfare State should not be in this high-fare state.

Of internal telephones without wires—permitted by the use of transistors in their latest form. ---c.— .That wise drivers give cyclists a wide berth when there are dead leaves on wet roads to cause danger of skids.