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WHEELS of INDUSTRY
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"The wheels of Wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John Beattie Crozier.
A Valuable Guide to Hauliers..
A brisk demand is being experienced for the remarkably comprehensive Roadway Goods Transport Guide issued at 25s. by Roadway Time Tables, Bookings and Publications, Ltd., of Roadway Corner, Warwick Street, London, W.1.
This guide, apart from being invaluable to all those who wish to send goods by road, is also most helpful to the haulier, and, in fact, to all who use their own vehicles for goods-transport purposes, for in the event of a breakdown or accident, a reference to this directory will at once give the addresses of hauliers in the immediate vicinity, so that assistance in transferring the load can be obtained at once. This is of far greater impoltance than in the case of passenger ,vehicles, because paseengers are mobile individuals, whereas the load has to "stay put" until it is rescued.
The guide occupies 978 large quarto pages, of which 750 are required for the directory of haulage contractors in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, these being arranged in 'alphabetical order of towns, then in• alphabetical sequence under each town. Other information is given as to the resources of each haulier in respect of his vehicles, the usual area of operation, regular services undertaken and his branch depots or agencies.
The contents include a section on commercial-motor law, tables of operating costs for all kinds of vehicles, compiled by The Commercial Motor, up-todate lists of chassis specifications from the same source, and a special section giving the names and addresses of garage proprietors and others who have available heavy breakdown apparatus.
• Road-fund Balances.
The amounts standing to the credit of the Road Fund on March 31st in each of the past six years were as follow :—
Draft Regulations on Dazzle.
Draft regulations have been prepared under the Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927, to deal with dazzling lights on motor vehicles. They are tentative and, in their present form provide that no lamp on any vehicle showing a light to the front shall have a bulb exceeding 36 watts, and that as from October 2nd, 1932: (a) Call electric lamps exceeding 6 watts, and all acetylene lamps, showing a light to the fiont, shall be either permanently deflected, downwards so as to be incapable of dazzling at 25 ft. a person whose eye level is not less than 2 ft. 6 ins, above the plane on which the vehicle is standing, or can be deflected downwards or downwards and to the left. so as to be made incapable of daeeling; (b) all lamps as in (a), but not permanently deflected, shall be deflected by the driver when he meets another vehicle during the hours of 'darkness; (c) every electric lamp not exceeding 6 watts shall have frosted or obscured glass -or some other device, such as a frosted . bulb, which will diffuse the light.
A "Safety First" Competition.
An interesting competition, for which 600 prizes to the value of /5,000 are being offered by the National "Safety First" Association, 4 119, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, opened yesterday and will close on July 15th. The Association has selected 12 of the most important rules of the new Highway Code, and it is inviting the public to place them in what is considered to be the order of importance from the safety aspect.
The prize money is guaranteed by Mr. Gordon Stuart, and the whole of the proceeds is to be used for the "Safety First" 'Association's accidentprevention campaign. All over the country motor dealers will help in distributing entry forms, each of which costs one shilling, whilst special competition stamps may be used instead of postal orders. The first five prizes are —£1,000, 1500, £250, £150 and £125. These will be awarded for the best entries received throughout Great Britain. The other prizes will be given for the best district entries, the country for this purpose being divided into 10 areas.
A.E.C. Patented Emergency Exit
The AlsOciated Equipment Co., Ltd., Southall, Middlesex, • has drawn our attention to the fact that the design of the emergency exit illustrated at the left on page 379 of our issue dated April 28th is covered by patent number 335,103, the exploitation of which is in its hands, the company having the sole licence to construct and sell it, except for its use within the Metropolitan area, for which the sole rights are enjoyed by the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., a joint patentee.
Except within the limits of the Metropolitan area, sub-licences for the use of the patent may be obtained from the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., on payment of a fee of £1 for each vehicle.