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More comments on bribery and corruption.
Of further improvements in radio sets for vehicles.
Of too little attention being paid to corrosion caused by electrolytic action between different metals.
That the quick cutting-in of some police cars when stopping alleged offenders could almost be classed as dangerous driving.
That in some instances the drivers held up in this manner have had the utmost difficulty in preventing a collision.
That London provides many a traffic exhibition which is amusing enough to those who are not pressed for time.
Of corporation electricity departments using petrol lorries for the delivery of electric cook41-s, boilers, refrigerators, etc., with sideboard advertisements worded "Use Electricity."
That some people say: "They don't practise what they preach ; they use the old sort of juice for their own lorries." 0 That staggered holidays seem to have staggered summer.
That Commer Cars, Ltd., starting using gross-load plates three years ago.
That wise people butter .their dogs' feet before taking them out on freshly tarred roads I Queries as to whether the R.A.C. will eventually permit members to wear bathing trunks on Sundays Still of a lot of dissatisfaction with driving tests.
That the talk of smartening taxicabs makes taxicabbies smart.
That certain of London's road surfaces are still disgracefully slippery after a little rain.
That some sections of the Edgware Road are amongst the worst offenders.
That the article concerning parking problems, in Punch's "Letters to Officialdom" series, was not nearly so exaggerated as some people might suppose.
The suggestion that "hammocks" for vehicles might solve the parking problem.
With great surprise of the railway's "hesitating to take" any steps that would deprive road transport of its livelihood.
• That when we said "to know the difficulties in one's path is half-way towards overcoming them" we were not suggesting that drivers should pal up with every policeman.